hodiernal
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hodiernal
- /həʊdiˈɜːnl̩/ UK
- /hɒ-/ UK
- /hoʊˈdi.ərn(ə)l/ US
- /hɑ-/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Where it comes from
From hodiern (“of this day, present-day”) + -al (suffix forming adjectives). Hodiern is derived from Latin hodiernus (“of today, today’s; present, present-day; actual”), from hodiē (“today”) (from hōc (“this (thing)”) + diē (“day”) (ultimately Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright; heaven, sky”))) + -rnus (suffix forming adjectives).
adjective
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Of or pertaining to the present day or today; hodiern.
But after all that can be ſaid of the Doctrine of the Greek Church, one may in a great Meaſure apply to the hodiernal Grecians, not only what was ſaid of the Grecians by St. Paul, Tit[us] 1. 12, 13. but alſo what the Pagan Satyriſt declares of them in general, Græculus eſuriens in cœlum, juſſeris, i
Similar: current, present-day
Translations
Talk about this word "hodiernal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hodiernal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hodiernal. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hodiernal "hodiernal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hodiernal.Cite this
@misc{hodiernal_2026,
title = {hodiernal},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hodiernal},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
