hodiernal

adjective

ho·​di·​er·​nal

¦hōdē¦ərnᵊl,

¦häd-

: of this day

Word History

Etymology

obsolete English hodiern hodiernal (from Latin hodiernus, from hodie today, contraction of hoc die this day) + English -al

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