单词 | matutinal |
释义 | matutinaladj. Now chiefly literary. 1. Of or relating to the morning, esp. the period just after waking; occurring or performed early or in the morning. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [adjective] earlyOE rathea1425 matutinalc1450 matutinec1450 morning1535 antemeridian1592 betimely1594 grey-eyed1597 matins1643 ante-jentacular1796 matinal1803 matutinary1858 pre-luncheon1909 c1450 (?c1425) E. Hull tr. Seven Psalms (1995) 181 Fro þe veile matutinal, euyn mortyd, Ysrael hopyd euer in our Lord. 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. 434 But during the time of the sermon, and all the matutinal prayer [etc.]. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Matutinal, belonging to the morning, or morning prayer. a1800 S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. (1814) 277 Another matutinal expression in ancient use was—‘Give you (i.e. God) good Day’. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. I. 109 The matutinal dews twinkling in the grass. 1874 Lays Mod. Oxf. 12 While undergraduates masticate The matutinal muffin. 1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. i. iii. 102 There is a matutinal fall, an evening rise [of temperature]. 1905 N.Y. Evening Post 2 Sept. 4 We need still another breakfast food..one that will take away matutinal grouch. 1932 New Yorker 23 July 22/2 My host's little ones would indulge in matutinal exercises. 1970 D. Jacobson Rape of Tamar i. 10 I don't suppose my children enjoyed my prolonged, matutinal throat-clearings, my cock-crow scrapings and garglings. 2. Rising early; active or alert in the morning. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > [adjective] > rising early matinal1819 matutinal1834 matutine1850 yary1925 1834 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall xiv Our household was not the most matutinal in the world. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. vi. 223 What? Matutinal, busy with book so soon Of an April day? 1991 R. Jenkins Life at Centre viii. 158 Unlike my present habit I was not then at all matutinal. Derivatives matuˈtinally adv. rare every morning. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [adverb] earlyOE orOE ereOE amornOE amorrowc1275 rathec1275 betimea1300 morningc1325 of (also in, on) morningsc1395 a-morninga1400 a-morningsc1400 betimes1481 morningly1560 in the morning1562 ante meridiem1563 timeous1566 rare1574 in a morning1591 rearly1596 timeouslyc1600 mornly1605 a.m.1651 rear1714 antemeridian1770 bright and early1805 matutinely1833 matutinally1897 ack emma1918 1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 107 Three workers only—and six mustered nightly—and rations for six drawn matutinally. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1450 |
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