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"Matutinal"

Matutinal \muh-TOOT-n-uhl\, adjective) - Relating to or occurring in the morning; early.

"You must make a little excursion one of these fine spring days...Some morning, the earlier the better. But I dare say your habits are not very matutinal, Signora?" -- Thomas Adolphus Trollope, 'A Siren'

Matutinal is from Late Latin matutinalis, from Latin matutinus, "early in the morning; pertaining to the morning."

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