Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

posthodiernal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: posthodier-nal
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to future time later than today.

Example Sentences

"As an example of a language which has an opposition between hodiernal and posthodiernal future, where the hodiernal future is distinct from the present tense(s), we may mention Aghem (Bantu, Hyman 1979)."
"Posthodiernal na- does not appear in my narrative corpus outside of the quoted speech of characters."
"Hodiernal future tense: I will love her sometime today. Posthodiernal conditional perfect tense: I would have loved her sometime after today. Hesternal past tense: I loved her early today. Prehesternal past tense: I loved her earlier today."

Etymology

From post- + hodiernal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: post

Antonyms

prehodiernal

Questions

What does posthodiernal mean?: Relating to future time later than today.
Where does posthodiernal come from?: From post- + hodiernal.

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