matutinal

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: ma=tu=ti=nal

CIDE DICTIONARY

matutinal, a. [L. matutinalis, matutinus: cf. F. matutinal. See Matin.].

 Of or pertaining to the morning; early.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

matutinal, adj.
1 of or occurring in the morning.
2 early.

Etymology

LL matutinalis f. L matutinus: see MATINS

ROGET THESAURUS

matutinal

Morning

N morning, morn, forenoon, a, m, prime, dawn, daybreak, dayspring, foreday, sunup, peep of day, break of day, aurora, first blush of the morning, first flush of the morning, prime of the morning, twilight, crepuscule, sunrise, cockcrow, cockcrowing, the small hours, the wee hours of the morning, spring, vernal equinox, first point of Aries, noon, midday, noonday, noontide, meridian, prime, nooning, noontime, summer, midsummer, matin, matutinal, vernal, at sunrise, with the sun, with the lark, when the morning dawns, at shut of evening flowers, entre chien et loup, flames in the forehead of the morning sky, the breezy call of incense-breathing morn.