单词 | good morrow |
释义 | good morrown.int. Now archaic or in historical contexts. A. n. 1. As part of a customary expression of good wishes on meeting or (less commonly) parting during the morning (cf. sense good morning int.). Originally in God give you (a) good morrow; later chiefly in to bid (also wish) (a person) a good morrow, and (as an address) a good morrow to you. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > terms of greeting > at specific times of day good morrowc1390 good mornc1400 God give you good even1481 good evena1500 bonjour1573 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. v. l. 148 Betun þe Breustere bad him gode morwe. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 44 Noble lord and lady god gyue you good morow. 1569 ‘L. Avale’ Commem. Edmonde Boner sig. Aviii Now gentle maister Boner, God giue you good morowe. 1611 G. Chapman May-day i. i. 8 Godge you God morrow Sir. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. iii. 20 'Giue you good-morrow, sir. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 32 Then to com in spight of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow. 1682 E. Ravenscroft London Cuckolds i. 9 A good morrow to you, Mistress. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xlix. 138 I..wished them a good morrow. 1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 124 I..bade him a good morrow as kindly as I could. 1850 T. Keightley Fairy Mythol. (rev. ed.) 514 ‘A good morrow to you, Paddy, honey,’ said Thady Byrne. 1914 J. C. Snaith Anne Feversham ix. 69 ‘I give you good morrow, Master Innkeeper,’ said Gervase in his frank and pleasant fashion. 2010 K. Cushman Alchemy & Meggy Swann xi. 86 A good morrow to you, little mistress. 2. An utterance of ‘good morrow’; a greeting or (occasionally) valediction using these words. Cf. good morning n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > specific greeting or salutation dieugardc1380 good day?a1439 hail?a1513 good morrow1528 good even1534 how-do-ye1575 all hail?1589 good evening1606 ave1611 good morninga1616 how-do-you-do1632 good afternoon1771 recollections1816 chin chin1822 chi-hike1859 cheero1909 wagwan1983 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. fv My lady with many a goode morowe, Begynneth her tale to folowe. 1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 240 Hee..prayed them to goe vnto the kings vprising, and giue hym good morrowe. 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet E ij Not vnlike the theefe, that in stead of God speede, sayd stand, and so tooke a purse for God morowe. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iv. viii. 380 Ismael..in the breake of the day, assailed Alumut his armie, little suspecting such a good morrow. 1656 T. Blount Acad. Eloquence (ed. 2) 28 Doth not a commendations, a hat, a good word, a good morrow, purchase more hearts, then a moneths familiar pratling, with a flock of rude people? 1708 E. Arwaker Truth in Fiction ii. 189 Good-morrow's giv'n; they to a Porch retir'd, And of each other's good Success enquir'd. 1796 R. Bage Hermsprong I. xvi. 165 Mr. Hermsprong passed him with a good morrow. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 99 The speckled thrush Good-morrow gave from brake and bush. 1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. iv. 8 Many a glad good-morrow..made the bright air brighter. a1897 T. E. Brown Coll. Poems (1900) ii. 535 You'd think it was sporras In the thatch beginnin' their little good-morrows. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial triflec1290 vainc1330 winda1382 vapour1382 gossamer?a1400 visevase1481 good morrow1542 cobweb1579 superficial1579 puff1583 bladder1589 blathery1591 froth1594 bag of winda1599 moth1600 nominala1625 tumour1630 windlestraw1637 vacuity1648 balloon1656 blank1678 breath bubble1835 nominality1842 fluff1906 cotton candy1931 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f. 95v To one for the ostentacion of his witte, buisyly pratleyng and makyng many gaye good morowes, of the skye, and the sterres. 1546 Bp. S. Gardiner Declar. True Articles 9 b They began to spread abrode an enuious rumour of me..and many good morowes. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 18 b [We] worshipped hym not in spirite, but in copes..in shaven crounes and long gounes, and many good morrowes els, devised onely by the phantasie of manne. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 341 I finde in ancient writers many Good morrowes..as that three rootes will cure one griefe, fower another disease..&c. all which are but ridiculous toies. a1642 W. Bedell in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus (1651) 61 Promise of a yeerly pension..and many other good-morrows, which..he never performed. 1667 R. Flecknoe Damoiselles a la Mode iii. vii. 74 Isab. And what said he? Sgan. A great many good morrows, I know not what, but I've pour'd water to his wine I'le warrant ye. a1704 T. Brown tr. Æneas Sylvius Lett. in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) ii. 79 Some might be apt to say, the Devil's in a Man that grieves for the Loss of a Wife..and a thousand such good Morrows. 1793 S. Gunning Mem. Mary V. v. 41 Once was enough to have these sort of good-morrows practised upon people of distinction. B. int. = good morning int.The more usual form than good morning before the 18th cent. Both good morrow and good morn are apparently common in Middle English. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous expressions [interjection] > expressions of greeting > at specific times of day good morrowc1405 good morningc1450 morrowa1625 evening1886 afternoon1893 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 394 Hail maister Nicholay Good morwe, I see thee wel, for it is day. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 414 Good morewe to þee, my lord! ?1548 L. Shepherd John Bon 2 What, John Bon good morowe to the. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 7v God morowe maister Rigo. 1603 tr. Batchelars Banquet v. sig. E1 Sister, god-morrow, what newes I pray? 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 111 Good morrow, good morrow, Gentlemen; I hope you have slept well to Night. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 11 Sept. (1948) I. 13 I am rising to go to Jervas to finish my picture, and 'tis shaving day, so good-morrow MD. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. i. 53 Good morrow, fathers, yonder peeps the dawn! 1868 J. E. Cooke Fairfax vi. 42 ‘Good-morrow, Captain,’ he said with a smile. 1918 ‘B. MacNamara’ Valley of Squinting Windows 14 Good-morra, Mrs Brennan. 1985 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder II in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 201/2 Well, well, well, Eddy, you didn't tell me..you had such a good-looking aunt. Good-morrow to thee, gorgeousness. 2008 A. Weir Lady Elizabeth 223 Good morrow, my Lady Elizabeth, Mrs. Astley! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.int.c1390 |
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