good morrow

intj, noun — 3 senses

good morrow

intj

UK /ɡʊd ˈmɒɹəʊ/

Etymology From Middle English good morow, good morwe.

1

Archaic Good morning.

  • 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]:
  • 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:
2 more examples
  • "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:
  • 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

noun

Etymology From Middle English good morow, good morwe.

1

Archaic A greeting consisting of the interjection.

2

Obsolete Riverhemp, sesban.

  • Among the plants and shrubs that I saw, and could form any knowledge of, were the sisban, or large thorny sensitive plant, sometimes called the good-morrow, these are abundant among the underwoods.1797, Joseph Hawkins of New York, A history of a voyage to the coast of Africa: and travels into the interior of that country, [A book https://www.jstor.org/stable/3172055] questioned to be a hoax, first Edition in Philadelphia page 133 and two editions in Troy by Luther Pratt page 133:

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