matutinal

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French matutinal (modern French matutinal), and from its etymon Late Latin mātūtīnālis (“(adjective) belonging to the morning; of or pertaining to matins; (noun) morning hymn or psalm; book of lauds”), from Latin mātūtīnus (“of, occurring in, or pertaining to the early morning, matutine”) (from Mātūta (“Roman goddess of the dawn or morning”) (from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to mature, ripen; opportune, timely; good, great”)) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship).[1][2] The second sense (“active in the morning; waking up early”) is possibly modelled after French matinal (“relating to the morning, matinal”).[1]

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Adjective

matutinal (not comparable) (formal or literary)

  1. Of, occurring in, or relating to the morning, especially the early morning upon waking up.
    Synonyms: matinal, matitudinal, (chiefly US, rare) matutinary, matutine
    • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. , volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, , published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
      Pen, putting on his hat, strode forth into the air, and almost over the body of the matutinal housemaid, who was rubbing the steps at the door.
    • 1874, Henry James, "Professor Fargo" in The Galaxy 18(2) (August 1874): 233–253.
      young lady was introduced who had come to request him to raise a ghost—a resolute young lady, with several ringlets and a huge ancestral umbrella, whose matutinal appetite for the supernatural had not been quenched by the raw autumnal storm.
    • 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days:
      'Top 'o the mornin' to ye!' he called to Flory in a hearty matutinal voice, putting on an Irish accent.
  2. Active in the morning; waking up early.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “matutinal, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2022.
  2. ^ “matutinal, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French matutinal, from its etymon Late Latin mātūtīnālis (“(adjective) belonging to the morning; of or pertaining to matins; (noun) morning hymn or psalm; book of lauds”), from Latin mātūtīnus (“of, occurring in, or pertaining to the early morning, matutine”) (from Mātūta (“Roman goddess of the dawn or morning”) (from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to mature, ripen; opportune, timely; good, great”)) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ty.ti.nal/
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Adjective

matutinal (feminine matutinale, masculine plural matutinaux, feminine plural matutinales)

  1. (literary) matutinal

References

  1. ^ “matutinal, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2022.
  2. ^ “matutinal, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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