matutinalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /məˈtjuːtɪnl̩/, /-ˈt͡ʃuː-/, /ˌmætjʊˈtaɪnl̩/, /-ˈt͡ʃʊ-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈt(j)utənl̩/, [-ɾə-], /ˈmæt͡ʃəˌtaɪn(ə)l/
• 韻: -aɪnəl
• ハイフネーション: ma‧tut‧in‧al

形容詞

matutinal (not comparable) (formal or literary)

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

   Synonyms: matinal, matitudinal, (主に米国用法, まれに) matutinary, matutine

   • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I または II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

     Pen, putting on his hat, strode forth into the air, and almost over the body of the matutinal housemaid, who was rubbing the steps at the door.

   • 1874, Henry James, "Professor Fargo" in The Galaxy 18(2) (August 1874): 233–253.

     [A] young lady was introduced who had come to request him to raise a ghost—a resolute young lady, with several ringlets and a huge ancestral umbrella, whose matutinal appetite for the supernatural had not been quenched by the raw autumnal storm.

   • 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days:

     'Top 'o the mornin' to ye!' he called to Flory in a hearty matutinal voice, putting on an Irish accent.

2. Active in the morning; waking up early.

上位語

• crepuscular

等位語

• diurnal
• nocturnal
• vespertine

参照

Further reading

• matutinal on Wikipedia.
• “matutinal”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “matutinal, adj.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.

アナグラム

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