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matutinal
- /məˈtjuː.tɪ.nl̩ UK
- -ˈt͡ʃuː-/ UK
- /ˌmæt.jʊˈtaɪ.nl̩ UK
- -ˈt͡ʃʊ-/ UK
- /məˈt(j)utɪnl̩/ [-ɾə-] US
- /ˈmæt͡ʃ.əˌtaɪ.nl̩/ US
Rhymes with -aɪnəl
Where it comes from
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). The second sense (“active in the morning; waking up early”) is possibly modelled after French matinal (“relating to the morning, matinal”).
adjective
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Of, occurring in, or relating to the morning, especially the early morning upon waking up.
1874, Henry James, "Professor Fargo" in The Galaxy 18(2) (August 1874): 233–253.
[A] 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
Similar: matinal, matitudinal, matutinary, matutine
- Active in the morning; waking up early. 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.
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Talk about this word "matutinal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/matutinal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. matutinal. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/matutinal "matutinal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/matutinal.Cite this
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title = {matutinal},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/matutinal},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
