Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
matutinal . - Matins.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Matutinal.
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- adjective
matutinal
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Examples
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The matutine intellect of the poet, keeping in advance of the glare of philosophy, always dwells in this auroral atmosphere.
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The chairs were removed, and the jingling of glasses announced the arrival of the preliminaries of the matutine symposion.
Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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"Hewson and Hobbes were down at the matutine bathing; of course Arthur Audley, the bather par excellence glory of headers: Arthur they called him for love and for euphony: so were they bathing There where in mornings was custom, where, over a ledge of granite, Into a granite bason descended the amber torrent.
The Germ, Issue #1: Thoughts Toward Nature in Poetry, Literature, and Art Germ: Various Authors 1848
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