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morn en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /mɔːɹn/ rhotic
• (Southern-England) audio
• /mɔːn/ (UK)
• /moɹn/ (US)
• [mo̞ɹn] (US)
• /mɔːn/ non-rhotic

Etymology

From Middle English morn, morwen, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko, from *mer- (“to shimmer, glisten”). See also West Frisian moarn, Low German Morgen, Dutch morgen, German Morgen, Danish morgen, Norwegian morgon; also Lithuanian mérkti (“to blink, twinkle”), Sanskrit मरी॑चि (márīci, “ray of light”), Greek μέρα (méra, “morning”). Doublet of morrow and morgen. See also morning.

Meanings

1. (countable, poetic, uncountable) Morning.
   • Praise the Lord, His mercy is more. Stronger than darkness, new ev'ry morn. Our sins, they are many; His mercy is more. 2016, Matt Boswell, Matt Papa, “His Mercy Is More”, in Church Songs:
   • The cab arrives he blows his horn, I stumble at in the early morn 1971, Leanne Scott, “L.A. International Airport”, performed by Susan Raye:
   • But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, / Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill. / Break we our watch up, and by my advice, / Let us impart what we have seen tonight c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], lines 165-168:

Forms

Deriveds

tomorn · mornward · mornless · after-morn · good morn · midmorn · mornlike · morntime · yestermorn

Synonyms

morrow · morning