matitudinal

ma·ti·tu·din·al
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UK/ˌmætɪˈt(j)uːdɪnl̩/UK/-ˈt͡ʃuː-/US/ˌmætəˈt(j)udənl̩/US[-ɾə-]

adjective

Of, occurring in, or relating to the morning, especially the early morning upon waking up.

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matutinarymatutine
OriginMiddle French matutinal ← Late Latin mātūtīnālis ← Latin mātūtīnus →
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Meanings

adjectivematitudinal (not comparable)
  1. Synonym of matutinal.
    1. formalliterarynot comparableOf, occurring in, or relating to the morning, especially the early morning upon waking up.

      How smugly would I marvel that she was mine, mine, mine, and revise the recent matitudinal swoon to the moan of the mourning doves, […]

      1955 September 15, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 2, in Lolita, Paris: The Olympia Press […], →OCLC, page 163
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      It so happened, that one morning, while Lord C—— was preparing to enjoy his matitudinal treat, two girls who lived in the second flat above, were amusing themselves with a kitten, […]

      1825, Rev. Dr. Dryasdust [pseudonym], “The Lost Wig”, in The Common-place Book of Literary Curiosities, Remarkable Customs, Historical and Domestic Anecdotes, and Etymological Scraps, London: John Bumpus, […], →OCLC, page 324

      With these slight assistants to support nature, and a Dolland's achromatic in his hands—by the way, a camp-stool or air-cushion is indispensable—there will he patiently keep watch for "The antler'd monarch of the waste," from the matitudinal meal even unto the dinner hour.

      1847, W[illiam] H[amilton] Maxwell, chapter VII, in Hill-side and Border Sketches: With Legends of the Cheviots and the Lammermuir. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 139–140

      On one part of the beach bathing was going on energetically, and there was also a fair show of pedestrians, many of them evidently English, taking their matitudinal exercise and inhaling the sea-breezes.

      1870, Emma Jane Worboise, “Via Boulogne”, in Grey and Gold, London: James Clarke and Co., […]; Hodder & Stoughton, […], →OCLC, page 402

      We—(that is the humble namesakes of the classic trio, Catallus, Tibullus, and Propertius)—never made the Continental tour—never ascended Mont Blanc and tumbled into a crevasse, or boiled our matitudinal eggs in the crater of Mount Vesuvius.

      1876 August, Propertius [pseudonym; Archibald Romanes], “Part I”, in Notes of a Trip to the Haunts of Tannahill and the Land of Burns. […], Dunfermline, Fife: A[rchibald] Romanes, […], page 1

      Thus in no other area does the English student of French feel more envious of the opportunities available to the French student of English than when she or he compares the wealth and variety of programmes put out on BBC Radio 4 – to say nothing of those offered to the matitudinal insomniac by the BBC World Service – with what is available on France-Inter.

      1995, Philip Thody, with the assistance of Howard Evans, Michelle Pepratx-Evans, “Loan Words, Nationalism and the Law”, in Le Franglais: Forbidden English, Forbidden American: Law, Politics and Language in Contemporary France: A Study in Loan Words and National Identity, London; Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Athlone Press, →ISBN, part I (Arguments), page 54

      Synonyms: matutinary, matutine

    2. formalliterarynot comparableActive in the morning; waking up early.

      Huyton College had the advantage of a school bus, which particularly when Hilary was a teenager, never being matitudinal by nature, she managed to miss each morning, […]

      2012, Hilary Heilbron, “Adjustment to Motherhood and in Demand as a Speaker”, in Rose Heilbron: The Story of England’s First Woman Queen’s Counsel and Judge, Oxford, Oxfordshire; Portland, Or.: Hart Publishing, →ISBN, page 102

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf, occurring in, or relating to the morning, especially the early morning upon waking up.

Similar
matutinarymatutine
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crepuscular
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matutinal

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂-“to mature, ripen; opportune, timely; good, great”
  2. Latinmātūtīnus“of, occurring in, or pertaining to the early morning, matutine”
  3. Late Latinmātūtīnālis“(adjective) belonging to the morning; of or pertaining to matins; (noun) morning hymn or psalm; book of lauds”
  4. Middle Frenchmatutinal
  5. Englishmatitudinal

A variant of matutinal (possibly influenced by French matin (“morning”)), which is 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).

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matitudinal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matitudinal

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