adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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US:/məˈtu.tɪn/
US:/ˈmæt͡ʃ.ʊˌtaɪn/
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adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to early morning; occurring in the early morning; matutinal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
1833, Captain Mundy, Pen and Pencil Sketches, from the Journal of a Tour in India, quoted in 1833, Recent Travels in Upper India, The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal, Volume 57, page 362, During a residence of nearly two years in Switzerland, the first object that my eyes opened upon every morning was the snow-clad summit of Mount Blanc; and I thought that a glorious sight. But the glaciers that now form, next to the Omnipotent Being who created them, my first objects of matutine contemplation, present a battalion of icy pinnacles, amongst which Mount Blanc, with its pitiful fifteen thousand feet, would scarcely be admitted in the rear rank!
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adj
Meaning 2
Before the sun (of the rising of a planet or star); that rises before the sun (of a planet or star).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
1817, Ebenezer Sibly, The New and Complete Illustration of the Celestial Science of Astrology, Volume 2, Revised Edition, 1822 printing, page 1031, If, at the time of the matutine setting of the Dolphin, there be showers, there will be none at the rising of Arcturus. [...] The matutine rising of the greater Dog begetteth heat, troubleth the seas, and changeth all things.
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History
Etymology
From Latin matutinus (“pertaining to morning”), from Matuta (“Roman goddess of the morning”); related to Latin maturus (“early”) (compare mature). By surface analysis, Matuta + -ine.
