English Explanatory Dictionary

hodiernal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the present day or today; hodiern.

Pronunciation

/həʊdiˈɜːnl̩/ /hɒ-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hodiernal.wav /hoʊˈdi.ərn(ə)l/ /hɑ-/ En-us-hodiernal.mp3

Word forms

hodiernal

Etymology

From hodiern (“of this day, present-day”) + -al (suffix forming adjectives). Hodiern is derived from Latin hodiernus (“of today, today’s; present, present-day; actual”), from hodiē (“today”) (from hōc (“this (thing)”) + diē (“day”) (ultimately Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright; heaven, sky”))) + -rnus (suffix forming adjectives).

Synonyms

current present-day

Derived words

hodiernally hodiernal tense posthodiernal prehodiernal
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