Meaning of matitudinal | Babel Free
/ˌmætɪˈt(j)uːdɪnl̩/Definitions
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Synonym of matutinal. formal, literary, not-comparable
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Of, occurring in, or relating to the morning, especially the early morning upon waking up. formal, literary, not-comparable
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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.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.