(ho-di-ER-nuhl)
adjective
Of or pertaining to the present day.
Etymology
From Latin hodiernus, from hodie (today).
"Our vernal Brightness keeping, Time outleaping; Passed the hodiernal!" — Thomas Hardy; To Outer Nature; 19th c.
hodiernal
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"Our vernal Brightness keeping, Time outleaping; Passed the hodiernal!" — Thomas Hardy; To Outer Nature; 19th c.
| Obscure Words: hodiernal |
[fr. L. hodiernus] /ho di UR nal/ of or belonging to the present day cf. diurnal
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