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Morrow
Definitions
- 1 A Scottish surname.
- 2 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
- 3 A place in the United States:; A city in Clayton County, Georgia.
- 4 A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
- 5 A place in the United States:; A village in Warren County, Ohio.
- 1 The next or following day. archaic, poetic
"Two men were walking in the street; one said to the other: “Upon the morrow I will sup with thee.” And the Pestilence grinned a grin that none beheld, baring his dripping teeth, and crept away to see whether upon the morrow those men should sup together."
- 2 the next day wordnet
- 3 Morning. archaic
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:morrow."
- 1 To dawn intransitive
"[…] he did her bidding but hardly touched food; after which he lay at full length on his bed all the night through in cogitation deep until morning morrowed."
Etymology
From Middle English morwe, morwen, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz; compare Dutch morgen and German Morgen. Doublet of morgen and morn. Both morn and morrow continue earlier Middle English morwen (the former through early contraction, the latter through regular reduction of -en).
From Middle English morwe, morwen, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz; compare Dutch morgen and German Morgen. Doublet of morgen and morn. Both morn and morrow continue earlier Middle English morwen (the former through early contraction, the latter through regular reduction of -en).
* As an Irish surname, variant of McMorrow. * As a French and Walloon surname, Americanized from Moreau, Morin.
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