English

Adjective

matutinal ‎(not comparable)

1. Of, occurring in, or relating to the early morning.^[2]
   • 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.

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References

1. ↑ Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
2. ↑ The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2006)