good morrow en · INTJ
Pronunciation
- /ɡʊd ˈmɒɹəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English good morow, good morwe.
Meanings
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(archaic) Good morning.
Good morrow! / Name's Walter. I do a bit of maintenance here and there on ol' bessie. […]
2023 October 26, Anders Grube Jensen, Peaks of Yore, TraipseWare, scene: Approaching to Walter, level/area: Old Mill:Good Morrow, Neighbour; good Morrow, Neighbour Cloggit; How do's all at your Houſe this Morning?
1705, [John Vanbrugh], The Confederacy. A Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 1:"Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin, "thou seemest happy this merry morn."
1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:Creſ[ſida]. Good morrow vncle Pandarus. Pan[darus]. Good morrow cozen Creſſid: what doe you talke of? good morrow, Alexander: how doe you cozen? when were you at Ilium?
c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
Forms
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| goodmorrow | alternative | lexicographic | |
| good-morrow | alternative | lexicographic |