morning-gloryn.

Brit.

/ˌmɔːnɪŋ ˈɡlɔːri/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˌɡlɔri/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: morning n., glory n.

Etymology: < morning n. + glory n.

1. Any of various tropical American climbing plants of the genus Ipomoea and related genera of the family Convolvulaceae, which typically have large, trumpet-shaped flowers that open in the morning and fade in the afternoon; esp. I. purpurea and I. tricolor. Also: a flower of any of these plants. Also figurative.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > tropical

quamoclit1633

sippo1657

monkey vine1750

goat's foot1773

Ipomœa1785

liana1796

Thunbergia?1799

morning-glory1814

gaybine1842

cypress vine1846

bejuco1848

scindapsus1848

Rangoon creeper1850

moonflower1859

kaladana1866

moon-lily1888

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [adjective]

morning-glory1892

1814 F. Pursh Flora Amer. Septentrionalis I. 146 Ipomoea Nil... Flowers beautiful pale blue, only open early in the morning, from which it has been called Morning-glory.

1836 C. P. Traill Backwoods of Canada 142 The pillars [of the verandah] are wreathed with the..‘morning glory’, the American name for the most splendid of major convolvuluses.

1871 H. B. Stowe Sam Lawson 75 She sat down in the mornin'-glory porch, quite quiet, and didn't say a word.

1885 D. O'Connell & W. Kohlman On Road i. i. 11 Say Puff look at the two morning glories [sc. girls].

1892 Harper's Mag. May 937/1 The..little cabin that sat smiling through a cool green garment of..morning-glory vines.

1934 E. Blunden Choice or Chance 11 And with wonder saw The morning-glory about the bucket twined.

1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo v. 89 We found the DC..in a morning glory-covered bungalow up on the Sudan border.

1970 R. Lowell Notebk. 101 The jellied green creepers and morning-glories of the saurian sunset.

1988 G. Naylor Mama Day 151 He waits under a blanket of morning glory vines tangled among the sweet peas.

2. colloquial (originally U.S.). Originally: a racehorse that performs well in (morning) exercise but poorly in races. In extended use: a person who or thing which fails to fulfil apparent potential or maintain early achievement.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > with particular qualities or faults

sticker1779

rogue1796

first string1865

coward1880

mudder1892

goat1894

morning-glory1898

mud runner1905

mudlark1906

squib1908

1898 J. A. Thatcher Championship Billiards 165 He was classed as of the kind of billiardist called ‘a morning glory’, a metaphor used in racing and applied to a horse that works well in the morning but does nothing in the afternoon when the money is hung up.

1904 Outing 45 170/1 Didn't I tell you he was nothing but a morning glory—why that dog couldn't beat a ferry boat.

1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 77/2 Morning glory, race horse that works in fast time in the morning but fails to race well.

1938 Amer. Speech 13 30 Clubs which bloom luxuriantly early in the season, but which are expected to wilt ignominiously as the competition becomes hotter, are known as Morning Glories.

1986 Times 6 May 35/2 The time has surely come to wonder whether Danistigar is simply a morning glory, a horse who goes brilliantly at home but never as well on the track.

3. British slang. An erection on awakening, esp. one resulting from a full bladder. Cf. piss-proud adj. at piss n. Compounds 1.

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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > erection

elevation1543

erection1594

tentigoa1603

Jack1604

stand1608

surgation1688

cockstandc1890

hard-on1898

hard1927

boner1936

hard up1937

bone-on1969

morning-glory1985

1985 B. McConville & J. Shearlaw Slanguage of Sex 181/2 Morning glory,..an erection on waking.

1989 M. Harris Do it Again (1990) xi. 138 ‘Stiffness in the member, man,’ said Dougal impatiently. ‘Morning glory.’

1998 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 21 July Viagra is meant to last for four hours but the next morning the effects of the drug were in evidence. Or was this just the normal case of ‘Morning Glory’?

1999 FHM June (Best of Bar Room Jokes & True Stories Suppl.) 89/2 I found I'd been sleeping on my back all morning, right in front of the main entrance to the camp, bollock-naked and with a hard-on like a blind cobblers thumb. I've often wondered how many photo albums..my morning glory now adorns.

Compounds

morning-glory horn n. a gramophone horn shaped like a morning-glory flower.

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1947 R. P. T. Coffin Yankee Coast 59 The owners..have to make guitars and banjos do. And accordions, phonographs with morning-glory horns, and, latterly, radios.

† morning-glory stove n. U.S. Obsolete a variety of domestic stove.

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1873 H. B. Stowe Palmetto-leaves 136 With all we could do with a furnace and morning-glory stove, we could not get the temperature of our house above fifty-five degrees.

1885 E. P. Roe Driven back to Eden Pref. 1 A morning-glory stove gave out abundant warmth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	morning-glory
释义	morning-gloryn. Brit. /ˌmɔːnɪŋ ˈɡlɔːri/, U.S. /ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˌɡlɔri/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: morning n., glory n. Etymology: < morning n. + glory n. 1. Any of various tropical American climbing plants of the genus Ipomoea and related genera of the family Convolvulaceae, which typically have large, trumpet-shaped flowers that open in the morning and fade in the afternoon; esp. I. purpurea and I. tricolor. Also: a flower of any of these plants. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > tropical quamoclit1633 sippo1657 monkey vine1750 goat's foot1773 Ipomœa1785 liana1796 Thunbergia?1799 morning-glory1814 gaybine1842 cypress vine1846 bejuco1848 scindapsus1848 Rangoon creeper1850 moonflower1859 kaladana1866 moon-lily1888 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [adjective] morning-glory1892 1814 F. Pursh Flora Amer. Septentrionalis I. 146 Ipomoea Nil... Flowers beautiful pale blue, only open early in the morning, from which it has been called Morning-glory. 1836 C. P. Traill Backwoods of Canada 142 The pillars [of the verandah] are wreathed with the..‘morning glory’, the American name for the most splendid of major convolvuluses. 1871 H. B. Stowe Sam Lawson 75 She sat down in the mornin'-glory porch, quite quiet, and didn't say a word. 1885 D. O'Connell & W. Kohlman On Road i. i. 11 Say Puff look at the two morning glories [sc. girls]. 1892 Harper's Mag. May 937/1 The..little cabin that sat smiling through a cool green garment of..morning-glory vines. 1934 E. Blunden Choice or Chance 11 And with wonder saw The morning-glory about the bucket twined. 1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo v. 89 We found the DC..in a morning glory-covered bungalow up on the Sudan border. 1970 R. Lowell Notebk. 101 The jellied green creepers and morning-glories of the saurian sunset. 1988 G. Naylor Mama Day 151 He waits under a blanket of morning glory vines tangled among the sweet peas. 2. colloquial (originally U.S.). Originally: a racehorse that performs well in (morning) exercise but poorly in races. In extended use: a person who or thing which fails to fulfil apparent potential or maintain early achievement. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > with particular qualities or faults sticker1779 rogue1796 first string1865 coward1880 mudder1892 goat1894 morning-glory1898 mud runner1905 mudlark1906 squib1908 1898 J. A. Thatcher Championship Billiards 165 He was classed as of the kind of billiardist called ‘a morning glory’, a metaphor used in racing and applied to a horse that works well in the morning but does nothing in the afternoon when the money is hung up. 1904 Outing 45 170/1 Didn't I tell you he was nothing but a morning glory—why that dog couldn't beat a ferry boat. 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 77/2 Morning glory, race horse that works in fast time in the morning but fails to race well. 1938 Amer. Speech 13 30 Clubs which bloom luxuriantly early in the season, but which are expected to wilt ignominiously as the competition becomes hotter, are known as Morning Glories. 1986 Times 6 May 35/2 The time has surely come to wonder whether Danistigar is simply a morning glory, a horse who goes brilliantly at home but never as well on the track. 3. British slang. An erection on awakening, esp. one resulting from a full bladder. Cf. piss-proud adj. at piss n. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > erection elevation1543 erection1594 tentigoa1603 Jack1604 stand1608 surgation1688 cockstandc1890 hard-on1898 hard1927 boner1936 hard up1937 bone-on1969 morning-glory1985 1985 B. McConville & J. Shearlaw Slanguage of Sex 181/2 Morning glory,..an erection on waking. 1989 M. Harris Do it Again (1990) xi. 138 ‘Stiffness in the member, man,’ said Dougal impatiently. ‘Morning glory.’ 1998 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 21 July Viagra is meant to last for four hours but the next morning the effects of the drug were in evidence. Or was this just the normal case of ‘Morning Glory’? 1999 FHM June (Best of Bar Room Jokes & True Stories Suppl.) 89/2 I found I'd been sleeping on my back all morning, right in front of the main entrance to the camp, bollock-naked and with a hard-on like a blind cobblers thumb. I've often wondered how many photo albums..my morning glory now adorns. Compounds morning-glory horn n. a gramophone horn shaped like a morning-glory flower. ΚΠ 1947 R. P. T. Coffin Yankee Coast 59 The owners..have to make guitars and banjos do. And accordions, phonographs with morning-glory horns, and, latterly, radios. † morning-glory stove n. U.S. Obsolete a variety of domestic stove. ΚΠ 1873 H. B. Stowe Palmetto-leaves 136 With all we could do with a furnace and morning-glory stove, we could not get the temperature of our house above fifty-five degrees. 1885 E. P. Roe Driven back to Eden Pref. 1 A morning-glory stove gave out abundant warmth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1814
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