matutinal

English

Borrowed from Late Latin mātūtīnālis (“belonging to the early morning”), from Latin mātūtīnus (“of or pertaining to the morning”) (from Mātūta (Roman goddess of the dawn) + -īnus (“-ine”) + -ālis (“-al”).[1]

matutinal (not comparable)

Of, occurring in, or relating to the early morning.[2]
- 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 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.

Of, occurring in, or relating to the early morning

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