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单词 matutinal
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matutinaladj.

Brit. /məˈtjuːtᵻnl/, /məˈtʃuːtᵻnl/, /ˌmatjᵿˈtʌɪnl/, /ˌmatʃᵿˈtʌɪnl/, U.S. /məˈt(j)utn̩l/, /ˌmætʃəˈtaɪn(ə)l/
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French matutinal; Latin matutinalis.
Etymology: < Middle French, French matutinal (c1190 in Old French) and its etymon post-classical Latin matutinalis of the morning (5th cent. or earlier), of or relating to matins (c730 in a British source), (as noun) morning psalm or hymn (a543), book of lauds (mid 11th cent.), < classical Latin mātūtīnus matutine adj. + -ālis -al suffix1. In sense 2 perhaps after French matinal matinal adj.
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).
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adj.c1450
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