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matitudinal

Adjective CEFR C1
ˌmætɪˈt(j)uːdɪnl̩

Definitions

  1. Synonym of matutinal.
    formal, literary, not-comparable
  2. Of, occurring in, or relating to the morning, especially the early morning upon waking up.
    formal, literary, not-comparable
  3. Active in the morning; waking up early.
    formal, literary, not-comparable

Examples

“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, […]”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“How smugly would I marvel that she was mine, mine, mine, and revise⟳ the recent matitudinal swoon to the moan of the mourning doves, […]”
“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.”
“Concluded by a matitudinal hymn composed of psalm fragments, twelve of the collection's fourteen songs are excerpts from poetic Scriptures, and the second and third of these are the Rock psalms, Deut[eronomy] 32 and 1 Sam[uel] 2.”
“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, […]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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