morningn.adv.int.
/ˈmɔːnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɔrnɪŋ/ A. n.
1. † b. The period of the day extending from dawn through the afternoon till the hour of the evening meal. Obsolete.In later use retained only in compounds, as morning performance, sitting, etc.: see Compounds 5.The use of this sense dates from the time when the main meal of the day began to be eaten in the late afternoon or evening, rather than at midday: see dinner n. 1
a. Originally: the time of the approach or beginning of ‘morn’; the period around sunrise. In later use usually: the early part of the day, esp. from sunrise until noon or lunchtime.In the later sense the word gradually came to replace morn n. See morn n. 1a, 2a.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [noun]
morn-tideeOE
mornOE
undermealOE
morrowlOE
yeender12..
morningc1275
morrow-tidec1300
morn-whilea1325
morningc1400
forenoon1511
morning-tide1530
matins1604
ante-noon1686
mane1727
a.m.1757
ack emma1909
the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > dawn > [noun] > approach of
morningc1275
c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 1718 (MED) Þe wranne, for heo cuþe singe, Þar com in þare more ȝennge [read more ȝeninge; a1300 Jesus Oxf. moreweninge] To helpe þare niȝtegale.
c1300 St. Julian Hospitable (Laud) 39 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 257 (MED) Þo cam hire louerd hom In þe moreweningue sone.
c1330 Lai le Freine in Smith Coll. Stud. Mod. Langs. (1929) 10 iii. 7 (MED) Riȝt in þe morning, sone after þe first stounde, a litel maidenchild ich founde.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Num. xxii. 41 Morwenynge forsoþe doon, he ladde hym to hyȝe þyngys of baal & he byheld þe otemost parte of þe peple.
a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 266 (MED) A nyȝt is partid in foure houres, as evenynge and mydnyȝt, cockis crowinge and morewnynge.
c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 48v (MED) Dai natural..bigynneþ in þe morownynge of þe day and lastiþ vnto þe morownynge of þe day next folowynge.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 157 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 99 All yus in may as I ment In a mornyng.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 417 I adawe or adawne, as the daye dothe in the mornynge whan the sonne draweth towardes his rysyng.
1602 F. Herring tr. J. Oberndorf Anatomyes True Physition 8 Readie to visit his Patients at any hour, being as good an afternoones-man as a morning's-man.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. ii. 111 The morning weares, 'tis time we were at Church. View more context for this quotation
1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Of Happy Life xix. 241 in Seneca's Morals Abstracted (1679) How many precious Mornings do we spend in Consultation with Barbers, Taylors [etc.].
1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iv. i. 69 An hundred Pound in the Morning, and want another afore Night!
1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman xii. 393 Those, who were designed for particular professions, might attend, three or four mornings in the week, the schools appropriated for their immediate instruction.
1833 Ld. Tennyson New Year's Eve vi In the early early morning.
1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxxi. 315 Early one morning we hid the raft in a good safe place.
1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn viii. 103 A morning of planning his conduct so that in accompanying Istra Nash to the Tate Gallery he might be the faithful shadow and beautiful transcript of Mittyford, Ph.D.
1986 D. Potter Ticket to Ride (1987) xxiv. 182 A hint of steely light at the far window showed that morning was on its way.
2001 Times 7 Mar. ii. 7/2 I am not arguing for a cloying, chocolate-covered news agenda to lift our spirits in the morning.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > [noun]
day tideOE
dayOE
daytimeOE
daylightOE
artificial daya1398
open day?a1430
lightmans1567
open daylight?1585
morning1749
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. ii. 207 Past three in the Morning, or to reckon by the old Style, in the Afternoon. View more context for this quotation
1813 J. Austen Let. 26 Oct. (2011) 254 We breakfasted before 9 & do not dine till ½ past 6 on the occasion, so I hope we three shall have a long Morning enough.
1840 John Bull 31 May 1 M. Liszt will give at Two o'clock on Tuesday morning, June 9, Recitals on the Pianoforte.
2. With modifying adjective: the early part of a day as characterized by the particular weather, conditions, sentiments, etc., prevailing or experienced during that time.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [noun]
morn-tideeOE
mornOE
undermealOE
morrowlOE
yeender12..
morningc1275
morrow-tidec1300
morn-whilea1325
morningc1400
forenoon1511
morning-tide1530
matins1604
ante-noon1686
mane1727
a.m.1757
ack emma1909
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiii. 262 (MED) For ar I haue bred of mele, ofte mote I swete, And ar þe comune haue corne ynough, many a colde mornynge.
c1450 (c1385) G. Chaucer Complaint of Mars 151 In this lusty morwenynge [v.rr. morwnynge, morowenyng, morenyng, mornynge, morownynge, morowning, morowynge], As I best can, I wol hit seyn and synge.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 273 (MED) It was a feire morownynge and softe wedir.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Liii Thus cloudy mornyngs turne to clere after noones.
1617 Bp. J. Hall Quo Vadis? (new ed.) iii. 6 Fond mothers vse to send forth their daughters on frosting, earely in cold mornings.
1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Epistles vi. 58 in Seneca's Morals Abstracted (1679) In a Frosty Morning.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. iv. 18 It was now the Middle of May, and the Morning was remarkably serene. View more context for this quotation
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 58 The morning [was] sharp and clear.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 185 He and Mrs. Mac-Candlish were then re-interrogated, whether Brown had no arms with him on that unhappy morning.
1895 T. Hardy Jude vi. ii. 428 The jury duly came and viewed the bodies, the inquest was held; and next arrived the melancholy morning of the funeral.
1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island xli. 322 In the common light of common day her radiant certainty of that rapt morning had faded.
1982 ‘L. Cody’ Bad Company x. 60 Anna woke to a surly grey morning.
3. Chiefly poetic. The dawn, daybreak; the light of dawn. Often personified. Also figurative.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > dawn > [noun]
aristc825
dawingc900
dayeOE
day-rimOE
day-redOE
mornOE
lightOE
lightingOE
dawning1297
day-rowa1300
grekinga1300
uprista1300
dayninga1325
uprisingc1330
sun arisingc1350
springc1380
springingc1380
day-springa1382
morrowingc1384
dayingc1400
daylighta1425
upspring1471
aurora1483
sky1515
orienta1522
breaking of the day1523
daybreak1530
day-peep1530
morrow dayc1530
peep of the morning1530
prick of the day?1533
morning1535
day-breaking1565
creek1567
sunup1572
breach of the day1579
break of day or morn1584
peep of day1587
uprise1594
dawna1616
day-dawn1616
peep of dawn1751
strike of day1790
skreigh1802
sunbreak1822
day-daw1823
screech1829
dayclean1835
sun dawn1835
first light1838
morning-red1843
piccaninny sun1846
piccaninny daylightc1860
gloaming1873
glooming1877
sparrow-fart1886
crack1887
sun-spring1900
piccaninny dawn1936
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxxxviii. 9 If I take the wynges of the mornynge.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iv. sig. L.ij And now the Morning read had left syr Tythons paynted bed... [Note] The Morning was taken for a goddesse and ymagined nyghtly to lye with Tithon.
1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. i. 21 Loe how the morning opes her golden gates.
1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xiv. 12 O Lucifer, sonne of the morning . View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 20 Awake, the morning shines, and the fresh field Calls us. View more context for this quotation
1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 14 The Blush of Morning, in his Cheek, turns pale.
1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 432 While morning kindles with a windy red.
1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais xiv. 11 Morning sought Her eastern watchtower, and her hair unbound.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Œnone (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 121 Far-up the solitary morning smote The streaks of virgin snow.
1859 E. FitzGerald tr. Rubáiyát Omar Khayyám i. 1 Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight.
1913 W. Cather O Pioneers! iv. ii. 233 He wandered about the fields all night, till morning put out the fireflies and stars.
1970 G. Scott-Heron Vulture i. 64 I arrived during the time each day when morning and night are colliding just offstage. The lords of the night are not yet fully prepared to relinquish their confiscated territory.
4. figurative. The beginning or early part of something.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > the first part or beginning
beginning1297
primec1300
firstc1330
primity1546
prime tide1549
springtime1579
morning1595
vaward1599
noviceship1610
fore-enda1616
vernalitya1639
1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine ii. vi. sig. E Thus in the morning of my victories, Thus in the prime of my felicitie To cut me off by such hard ouerthrow.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 351 Moses telleth of the reigne and power of Chederlaomer King of Elam, in that morning of the world extended to the borders of Canaan.
1625 Funeral Elegie King James (single sheet) I am falne asleepe I' th' morning of my warres.
1786 R. Burns Poems 73 O Life! how pleasant in thy morning.
1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. viii. 286 A war which hung like a dark cloud on the morning of her reign.
1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn i. 8 The brisk morning of history when the joy of adventure possessed the Argonauts.
1994 Aquinas Rev. 1 57 Not the morning of creation, but the vernal equinox as returning image of that first morning.
5.
a. Chiefly Scottish. A morning draught, esp. an alcoholic drink taken before breakfast or (later also) in the middle of the morning. Cf. morning draught n. at Compounds 5.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > taken in morning
morning draught1559
morning1718
1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 25 Steen..Came in to get his Morning.
1787 W. Taylor Poems 178 Up we get an' take our mornin' O' water sometimes mair than cornin'.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xviii. 269 Of this he took a copious dram, observing, he had already taken his morning with Donald Bean Lean, before his departure. View more context for this quotation
1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton iv ‘Are you ready for your morning?’.. He poured..a brimming goblet full of some white compound, and handed it to me... I put it to my lips, and found it to be capital milk-punch.
1894 ‘I. Maclaren’ Beside Bonnie Brier Bush v. 187 Aifter a whilie they tak a mornin' wi' a freend and syne a gless at the public-hoose in the evenin'.
1900 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister's Wooing 237 Rab was seeking his ‘morning’ or eye-opening draught of French brandy.
1925 S. Weyman Queen's Folly xvii. 274 He was taking his ‘morning’, a silver measure of small beer.
b. Scottish and English regional. A light meal or snack eaten in the morning. Now rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > light meal or snacks
nuncheonc1260
morsela1382
refection?a1439
mixtumc1490
bever1500
banquet1509
collation1525
snatch1570
beverage1577
a little something1577
anders-meat1598
four-hours1637
watering1637
refreshment1639
snap1642
luncheona1652
crib1652
prandicle1656
munchin1657
baita1661
unch1663
afternooning1678
whet1688
nacket1694
merenda1740
rinfresco1745
bagging?1746
snack1757
coffee1774
second breakfast1775
nummit1777
stay-stomach1800
damper1804
eleven o'clock1805
noonshine1808
by-bit1819
morning1819
four1823
four o'clock1825
lunch1829
stay-bit1833
picnic meal1839
elevens1849
Tommy1864
picnic tea1869
dinnerette1872
merienda1880
elevenses1887
light bite1887
soldier's supper1893
mug-up1902
tray1914
café complet1933
nosha1941
namkeen1942
snax1947
snackette1952
chaat1954
ploughman's lunch1957
munchie1959
playlunch1960
short-eat1962
lite bite1965
munchie1971
ploughman1975
aperitivo2002
1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 266 But now I must go down..and see that Gustavus [sc. a horse] has his morning.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iii. 55 I just watched the 'ed porter..across to the buttery to get his mornin'.
1897 Shetland News 29 May in Eng. Dial. Dict. (at cited word) Bread for the Mason's mornings.
a1899 D. Nicolson MS Coll. Caithness Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 163/1 Morning [a slight repast taken on rising before the formal breakfast].
6. British colloquial. = morning paper n. at Compounds 5.
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society > communication > journalism > journal > newspaper > [noun] > morning
morning paper1727
morning1796
1796 C. Stuart Let. in Corr. George, Prince of Wales (1971) VIII. 393 It will be in the chief evenings of to night, and the mornings of tomorrow.
1961 ‘B. Wells’ Day Earth caught Fire vii. 109 The Covent Garden blaze had turned out to be a natural for the evenings, but even more so for the mornings.
1970 K. Giles Death in Church v. 121 Did you see the mornings?.. The act of killing the clergy seems to enrage English journalists.
1978 Daily Tel. 2 Dec. 1/7 Those which stand to be hardest hit..are the 80 evenings and 12 mornings printed in major provincial towns and cities.
B. adv.
In the morning. In Middle English occasionally †the morning. Now only in phrases, as morning and evening, etc. morning, noon, and night: all day, incessantly.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > continually (in action) [phrase]
night and dayeOE
day and nightOE
without(en) blina1300
morning, noon, and nightc1325
but stintc1330
by and byc1330
early and latec1330
without ceasec1330
without ceasinga1340
withouten hoc1374
without releasec1400
still opece1422
in a ranec1480
never ceasable?1518
without remorse1555
every foot (and anon)1561
round1652
year in and year out1819
twenty-four hours a day1914
the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > repeatedly
day and nightOE
morning, noon, and nightc1325
new and newa1425
time after time?a1425
over and overa1470
toties quoties1525
again and again1533
reiteratively1619
over and over again1637
repeatedlya1647
times without number1658
to and again1659
—— in, —— out1815
time and time again1821
day in (and) day out1824
recurringly1828
repetitiously1828
recurrently1841
repetitively1872
ever and again1880
recursively1901
twenty-four hours a day1914
serially1978
the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [adverb]
earlyOE
orOE
ereOE
amornOE
amorrowc1275
rathec1275
betimea1300
morningc1325
of (also in, on) morningsc1395
a-morninga1400
a-morningsc1400
betimes1481
morningly1560
in the morning1562
ante meridiem1563
timeous1566
rare1574
in a morning1591
rearly1596
timeouslyc1600
mornly1605
a.m.1651
rear1714
antemeridian1770
bright and early1805
matutinely1833
matutinally1897
ack emma1918
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 11676 (MED) Þe tiwesday to euesham he wende þe morweninge.
?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 37 (MED) I pray to god..that he me kepe in such A plyght, mornynge, hevenynge, mydday and none.
1560–1 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) II. 121 For candill, mornyng and eining xij d.
1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lv. 17 Euening and morning, and at noone will I pray, and crie aloud. View more context for this quotation
1631 in S. Ree Rec. Elgin (1908) II. 222 To serue the tables the morne John Mill [and three others] morneing.
a1704 T. Brown Dispensary in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 90 Take one Spoonful of it Morning and Evening.
1745 B. Franklin Let. ?May in Papers (1961) III. 26 I compute five hundred thousand petitions were offered up.., which added to the petitions of every family morning and evening.
1808 E. Weeton Let. 1 Apr. in Jrnl. of Governess (1969) I. 80 Your praises..have operated almost like a dose of salts, and have worked me morning, noon, and night for these two days.
1864 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? I. xx. 160 Your sitting here all alone, morning, noon, and night, won't bring him back.
1911 J. London in Hampton's Mag. Mar. 312/1 We were having councils morning, noon and night, and in the middle of the night.
1990 V. S. Naipaul India: Million Mutinies (1991) i. 45 In a traditional Maharashtrian household the elders would recite, morning and evening, slokas or verses from the writings of the famous gurus.
C. int.
Short for good morning: see good adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 6b.
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1843 T. C. Haliburton Attache xi. 31/1 ‘Mornin,’ sais the Judge, for he was a sociable man, and had a kind word for everybody.
1895 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Grey Lady (1899) ii. vii. 254 ‘Morning—morning!’ he cried. ‘Good morning,’ replied Luke.
1911 G. B. Shaw Shewing-up Blanco Posnet in Doctor's Dilemma 390 Morning, Elder. (Passing on). Morning Strapper. (Passing on). Morning, Miss Evans.
1995 M. Collins Colour of Forgetting 118 They mumbled a greeting. ‘All right,’ said Ned. ‘Morning’.
Phrases
Phrases and idiomatic uses. P1. † a. In prepositional phrases with the plural, as of (also in, on) mornings, of a mornings. Cf. a-mornings adv., mornings adv. Obsolete.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [adverb]
earlyOE
orOE
ereOE
amornOE
amorrowc1275
rathec1275
betimea1300
morningc1325
of (also in, on) morningsc1395
a-morninga1400
a-morningsc1400
betimes1481
morningly1560
in the morning1562
ante meridiem1563
timeous1566
rare1574
in a morning1591
rearly1596
timeouslyc1600
mornly1605
a.m.1651
rear1714
antemeridian1770
bright and early1805
matutinely1833
matutinally1897
ack emma1918
c1395 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 875 Ther walketh now the lymytour hymself In vndermeles and in morwenynges.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxvi. 38 The scottis, on mornyngis and nyghtis, made many skryes to trouble the oste, but lytle hurt they dyd.
?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 82 I am..iolly & dry of a mornings.
1795 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) I. 137 Only amusing myself on mornings.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlix. 436 A withered, old, lean man..slinking about Gray's Inn of mornings chiefly, and dining alone at clubs.
1873 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds II. xlii. 204 Lucinda,..descended to a drawing-room which they were accustomed to use on mornings.
b. In prepositional phrases with the singular (without article), as at (also †in, †on, before, till, etc.) morning, from morning till evening, from morning to night, etc. Also with adjective, forming adverbial phrases, as all (also each, every, next, etc.) morning. Cf. a-morning adv.
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 7181 On nighter-tale, or in morning.
c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xiv. 147 (MED) Maules drowen hem to maules on morwenynge by hem-self, And femeles to femeles.
c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Testament (Harl. 218) 286 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 340 Thamerous foules with motytes and carolles, Salue this sesoun euery morwenyng.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Husbandman l. 2233 in Poems (1981) 85 His vse wes ay in morning to ryse air.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 434/1 He applyeth his crafte from mornyng to nyght.
1595 R. Barnfield Ode in Cynthia sig. C8v She..each morning (by Cocks crew) Showers downe her siluer dew.
1611 Bible (King James) Lev. vi. 12 And the Priest shall burne wood on it euery morning, and lay the burnt offering..vpon it. View more context for this quotation
1660 S. Pepys Diary 20 Aug. (1970) I. 225 My Lord Chancellor being gone to the House of Lords, I went thither and..there stayed all the morning.
1679 Processes Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court No. 282 Otherwayes no master that hath ane servant at night is sure to have them at morning.
1732 B. Franklin in Pennsylvania Gaz. 14 Aug. 3/1 Next Morning..His Honour our Governor set out for Chester.
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 25 Before morning, nothing on earth could be dearer to me than this rifler of my virgin-sweets.
1788 A. Hughes Henry & Isabella III. 17 Not having seen her all morning, she [etc.].
a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. x. 195 For nine successive mornings, Catherine wondered over the repetition of a disappointment, which each morning became more severe. View more context for this quotation
1842 J. R. Planché White Cat ii, in Extravaganzas (1879) II. 164 We won't go home till morning, Till day-light doth appear.
1849 M. Arnold New Sirens i I, who in your train at morning Stroll'd and sang with joyful mind, Heard, at evening, sounds of warning.
1887 H. Caine Deemster I. xii. 244 All morning she had dreamt of her husband.
1903 J. London Call of Wild v. 137 Late next morning Buck led the long team up the street.
1932 R. Haig-Brown Pool & Rapid 197 He had been out fishing all the morning in his best canoe.
1968 D. Moraes My Son's Father i. 3 At morning the sea was a very pale, indolent colour.
1987 N. Sibal Yatra 194 From morning till night, shopkeepers..sold cloth.
c. Appended to a specified hour. —— (hours, o'clock, etc.) in the morning: the time stated between midnight and noon; = a.m. adv. Also —— of the morning (now somewhat archaic), †—— on the morning (Scottish).
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1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 282/1 The said Letters..were to us presented at Watford..the xxii day of May aforesaid, aboute 11 of the clocke in the mornyng.
1518 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 176 And thairafter continuallie clenge the said houssis within tyme of nicht quhill v houris of the morning.
1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 333 Fra viii houris on the morning to ellevin houris befoir none.
1646 S. Danforth Almanack May... Full moon the 19 day, 4 m[inutes] past 6 in ye morning.
1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 40 Sitting up till two of the Clock in the Morning.
a1707 S. Patrick Auto-biogr. (1839) 90 Some pious persons..had desired prayers at the hour of ten in the morning.
1797 T. Wright Autobiogr. (1864) 194 A quarter past one o'clock in the morning.
1816 J. Austen Emma II. xvii. 329 A man who had been in motion since eight o'clock in the morning, and might now have been still. View more context for this quotation
1896 C. G. D. Roberts Forge in Forest xxii. 300 At last when it was well past ten of the morning, the trail led us out upon the main Canard track, and turned toward the settlement.
1932 Extension Mag. Feb. 9/1 As so frequently happens at eight in the morning, the moving stairway was standing still.
1969 Weekend Mag. (Montreal) June 28 12/3 They'd kick your door open at 5:30 in the morning even if you were a kid.
2001 Independent on Sunday 6 May i. 21/7 I wonder if [he] would feel so warmly towards his protégé if he woke to find Biggs making off with his video at two o'clock in the morning.
d. in the morning: during the morning of the following day; tomorrow morning.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [adverb]
earlyOE
orOE
ereOE
amornOE
amorrowc1275
rathec1275
betimea1300
morningc1325
of (also in, on) morningsc1395
a-morninga1400
a-morningsc1400
betimes1481
morningly1560
in the morning1562
ante meridiem1563
timeous1566
rare1574
in a morning1591
rearly1596
timeouslyc1600
mornly1605
a.m.1651
rear1714
antemeridian1770
bright and early1805
matutinely1833
matutinally1897
ack emma1918
1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet 73 Take there a letter, which as soone as he shall ryse, Present it in the morning to my louing fathers eyes.
1599 R. Bodenham in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 99 I valed downe that night 10 miles to take the tide in the morning.
1654 M. B. Ladies Cabinet Enlarged & Opened 5 Let them [sc. Oranges and Lemons] lie all night in the syrup to make them take the syrup, in the morning boile your syrup to his thicknesse, and put them in Gallipots or Glasses.
1691 T. Shadwell Royal Shepherdess (new ed.) iv. 45 If thou canst handsomely do it, and be back early in the morning.
1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 295 I bad the Messenger come in the Morning, for that the Warehouse Keeper, would not be there any more that Night.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. iv. xiv. 320 They soon disarmed me,..leaving my sword upon the table, to assist, as they said, those who should come in the morning to look for me, in fighting against the ghosts.
1842 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (1851) II. 155 Retaining the horse all night, and offering her a fresh cover in the morning.
1897 B. Stoker Dracula viii. 101 I am to leave in the morning and to go over to Jonathan,..and to bring him home.
1920 D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl x. 240 I shall go and see the lawyer in the morning.
1992 N. Bhattacharya Hem & Football viii. 95 The dumping of a carcase..at night by a Corporation jamadar who turned up in the morning and offered to remove it for a tenner.
e. tomorrow (yesterday, Monday, etc.) morning: the morning of the day specified. Frequently in adverbial use.
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1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxv. f. 241 Bee it knowne vnto you syr, yt yesterday morning my mistresse Iulietta left hir lyfe in this world to seke rest in an other.
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 170 Bid her get leaue tomorrow morning To come to shrift. View more context for this quotation
1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 256 The Earle of Anglesie and his two Hectors upon Sunday morning last fought a duell with Collonel Dillan.
1674 H. Prideaux Lett. (1875) 6 On Sunday morneing I went to hear on Bayly of Maudlins preach.
1731 H. Fielding Lottery Epil. This too may turn me off tomorrow morning. If that should happen, I were finely slur'd.
1778 J. Sullivan in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) II. 205 Those ships were out of sight yesterday morning, but I hear they afterwards hove in sight again.
1845 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 6 ii. 573 The drains..were running very fast yesterday morning, and have continued running ever since.
1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley II. xxxvi. 303 Every Sunday morning, he trimmed his whiskers, and put on a wonderful waistcoat.
1916 G. Parker World for Sale xxiv. 308 He's been lying drunk at Gaultry's caboose ever since yesterday morning.
1995 K. O'Riordan Involved 95 Kipping down on some mate's floor and wandering in on Saturday morning looking wan and dishevelled.
f. this morning: the morning of today. Chiefly in adverbial use: during the morning of today.
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1577 Countess Mar in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) 419/1 I rassauit this moirneing ane wreitting.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. v. 5 The Soldier That has this morning left thee. View more context for this quotation
1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife iv. 56 Frank Harcourt coming to me this morning, to..present his service to you: I ask'd him, if he cou'd help me to a Parson.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 132 This morning we pass'd by the Fountain of Barrady.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. vi. 236 I have this Morning changed my Lodgings to avoid him. View more context for this quotation
1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility I. xv. 177 To London!—and are you going this morning ? View more context for this quotation
1897 B. Stoker Dracula xix. 263 This morning I slept late after the fatigues of yesterday.
1951 J. B. Hall in H. Brickell O. Henry Prize Stories of 1951 117 And the one thing I needed was for this morning to be different.
1987 Grimsby Evening Tel. 10 Dec. 24/3 He had spoken by telephone to..Raman Subba Row during the night and again this morning.
g. of a morning: in the morning, during a morning; esp. habitually in the morning, every morning. Also (now rare) in a morning.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [adverb]
earlyOE
orOE
ereOE
amornOE
amorrowc1275
rathec1275
betimea1300
morningc1325
of (also in, on) morningsc1395
a-morninga1400
a-morningsc1400
betimes1481
morningly1560
in the morning1562
ante meridiem1563
timeous1566
rare1574
in a morning1591
rearly1596
timeouslyc1600
mornly1605
a.m.1651
rear1714
antemeridian1770
bright and early1805
matutinely1833
matutinally1897
ack emma1918
the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [adverb] > habitually in the morning
mornings?1557
of a morning1591
1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 13 It is good to drinke in a morning to charme the mist.
1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) 714 His owner can seldome ouer-flye him, no, though he flye him sixe or seuen flights in a morning.
1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Of Happy Life xvi. 215 in Seneca's Morals Abstracted (1679) We wonder..how any Man can..endure to Rise so early in a Morning.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. iv. 17 She would now walk out with him into Hyde-Park in a Morning,..and converse with him in great Familiarity. View more context for this quotation
1798 Monthly Mag. 6 171 To take a walk in the High-Street in a morning.
1824 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 325 I am..going to receive them of a morning.
1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. xxxviii. 290 That helps him to find himself in a morning. He may not know his own opinions, but he does know his own pocket.
1946 Liberty 15 June 16/1 Often of a morning she would find the flag torn from its halyard and thrown on the ground.
1987 R. Hall Kisses of Enemy (1990) iv. lxxxi. 475 Him dead and..poor Gita with no one to talk to of a morning.
P2. the morning after (the night before): the morning after a bout of drinking, a morning on which a person has a hangover; (in extended use) the morning after any night of excessive revelry. Also used adjectivally. Cf. morning-after adj. and n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > effects of excessive drinking
ale passion1593
pot verdugo1616
barley-mood1790
katzenjammer1849
Monday head1892
swollen head1898
hangover1904
the morning after (the night before)1909
morning-after1937
whitey1993
1909 E. Nesbit Daphne in Fitzroy St. xvi. 256 ‘I'm all right,’ said the girl... ‘That's what we all of us says, when it comes to be the morning after,’ said Mrs. Delarue.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. x. [Wandering Rocks] 225 It was blue o'clock the morning after the night before.
1927 R. Kipling Limits & Renewals (1932) 157 There wasn't much doubt what Jimmy had been up to. He was altogether ‘the morning after’.
1942 T. Bailey Pink Camellia v. 28 She sat up and looked at herself in the mirror. ‘The morning after! And my face looks like it.’
1961 S. Plath in London Mag. Aug. 10 Musky as a lovebed the morning after.
1973 L. Meynell Thirteen Trumpeters xiv. 215 ‘I felt awful. I didn't care whether I lived or died..’ ‘A classic case of the morning-after-the-night-before feeling.’
2000 Oldie Dec. 18/2 A man who admitted to the judge, on the morning after the night before, that he had been a little inebriated all right, having sponged 32 pints in the course of the evening.
Compounds
C1.
a. General use as a modifier (chiefly poetic), frequently with nouns of action.† morning-beam n. Obsolete† morning rise n. Obsolete† morning-wake n. Obsolete
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1826 Lancet 22 July 523/2 The senses, half awakened by the morning-beam, struggle to shake off the lethargy of sleep.
morning dawn n. now rare
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1676 T. D'Urfey Siege of Memphis i. i. 3 Have I not often with the Morning dawn, Mounted my Chariot by fam'd Princes drawn.
1862 M. D. Colt Went to Kansas ix. 131 Neither father nor my husband is well enough to walk to the cornfield at morning dawn and watch until nightfall.
1993 P. Jim in E. K. Moore Navajo Beadwk. (2003) v. 105 See, morning dawn the light comes in.
morning peep n. now rare
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1647 R. Fanshawe tr. B. Guarini Pastor Fido i. iii. 30 Till the gray morning peep (The discontented Lovers truce).
1731 Flower-piece 28 Hail, Nastiness!.. Mellow'd o' nights, with her you sleep; With her you bask, at morning peep.
1858 J. Wilson Poet. Wks. 556 The lamp is dead, but the morning peep Faintly dawning far away.
1964 M. Munro Flame across Sky 14 In a penumbral morning peep, The candlelight of morning Sees the milestones weep.
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1599 W. Shakespeare et al. Passionate Pilgrime (new ed.) sig. C The morning rise Doth scite each mouing scence from idle rest.
1861 E. Atherstone Israel in Egypt 215 Early at morning rise, And before Pharaoh, as he goeth forth Unto the water.
morning song n.
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c1400 Bk. to Mother (Laud) 10 (MED) And suche a soule þat haþ þese seuene ȝiftes of þe Holy Gost..may wel synge a mornyng song [v.r. mornynge song] of louelikynge.
1997 P. Porter Dragons in their Pleasant Palaces 29 My life has been devoted to bestowing ritual on Nature's Morning Song.
morning spring n. now rare (figurative)
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1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. vi. C Vpon the seuenth daye whan the mornynge sprynge arose, they gat them vp early [seuēth in text].
a1864 J. Clare Midsummer Cushion (1990) 370 Till vanished was the morning spring & set that summer sun.
1980 R. D. Abrahams Between Living & Dead 25 The king's wife (whom he called his Morning-Spring) interceded for the doomed man.
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1679 J. Dryden & N. Lee Oedipus iii. 44 My Soul then stole my Body out by night; And brought me back to Bed e're Morning-wake.
b. Objective, similative and instrumental.† morning-bright adj. Obsolete† morning-winged adj. Obsolete rare
morning-blue adj.
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a1894 C. Rossetti New Poems (1896) 358 Cherry-red her mouth was, Morning-blue her eye.
1920 D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl xvi. 366 The lovely translucent pale irises, tiny and morning-blue, they lasted only a few hours.
1996 A. Zwinger & B. E. Willard Land above Trees xiv. 118 Between them and this aerie where I sit lie the soft morning-blue foothills.
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1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 183 Morning-bright Apollo! young Apollo.
1923 D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers (N.Y. ed.) 65 My heart which like a lark at heaven's gate singing, hovers morning-bright to Thee.
morning-cold adj.
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1945 J. Betjeman New Bats in Old Belfries 43 There splashed about our ankles as we waded Those intersecting wavelets morning-cold.
morning-coloured adj.
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1716 J. Perry State of Russia 3 Her morning-coloured cheekes.
1871 G. Meredith in Cornhill Mag. Nov. 606 A banner-like stream of morning-coloured smoke rolled north-eastward as I entered London.
1918 J. Kilmer Poems 261 Your luminous, miraculous, and morning-coloured hair.
1966 W. Motley Let Noon be Fair xxiv. 294 Morning-colored sunlight fell in patterns in the warm room.
morning-fair adj.
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1938 W. de la Mare Memory & Other Poems 34 Eyes blue as speedwell, tranquil, morning-fair.
morning-gathered adj.
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1857 Leisure Hour 2 July 421/1 You cannot now get out of hearing of..‘strawberries, morning gathered’.
1903 Farmer & Stockbreeder 8 June 950/3 Nothing is absolutely fresh or ‘morning gathered’, as London greengrocers love to shout.
1961 Daily Mail 15 Mar. 8/8 ‘Morning gathered?’ (Which morning?).
morning-grey adj.
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1943 C. Day Lewis Word over All 15 Children look down upon the morning-grey Tissue of mist that veils a valley's lap.
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1819 P. B. Shelley Lines Euganean Hills in Rosalind & Helen 83 The leaves unsodden Where the infant frost has trodden With his morning-winged feet.
C2.
a. With the sense ‘of, relating to, or belonging to the morning; existing or occurring during the morning’.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [adjective]
earlyOE
rathea1425
matutinalc1450
matutinec1450
morning1535
antemeridian1592
betimely1594
grey-eyed1597
matins1643
ante-jentacular1796
matinal1803
matutinary1858
pre-luncheon1909
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Hosea vi. 4 Youre loue is like a mornynge cloude, & like a dew yt goeth early awaye.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. I3 And he, that points the Centonell his roome, Doth license him depart at sound of morning droome.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. i. 120 Their heads are hung With eares, that sweepe away the morning deawe. View more context for this quotation
1649 Last & Heavenly Speeches Visct. Kenmuir 23 His omission of prayer in the morning time..he confessed with regrate.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 194 The humid Flours, that breathd Thir morning Incense. View more context for this quotation
1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 357 At the break of morning light, When the marbled Sky looks gay.
1733 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Effects Air Human Bodies vi. 138 A Species of Palsy..invades such as incautiously expose themselves to the Morning Air.
1849 T. De Quincey Vision Sudden Death in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 752/1 The morning twilight even then was breaking.
1890 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 163 He hewed the living rock, with sweat and tears, And reared a God against the morning-gold.
1930 R. Campbell Adamastor 86 With food and drink, at morning-light, The children met me at the water-side.
1967 R. K. Narayan Sweet-vendor iii. 29 The morning sun came through a glass tile.
1985 B. Zephaniah Dread Affair 59 And new-born child, so innocent..your sweat is like the morning dew.
b. Chiefly poetic. With the sense ‘associated with the morning; observed, heard, etc., in the morning’; (also) ‘in a state or condition peculiar to or characteristic of the morning’.
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1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. B2v Clymenes audacious boy Torne by the morning-breathing horses rage.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. i. 93 I do heare the morning Larke. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 146 The whining Schoole-boy with his Satchell And shining morning face. View more context for this quotation
1833 R. Browning Pauline 13 The morning swallows with their songs like words.
1917 D. H. Lawrence Look! We have come Through! 77 See, glittering on the milk-blue, morning lake They are laying the golden racing-track of the sun.
1956 J. Barth Floating Opera vi. 58 Your morning stomach, reader, ballasted with three Maryland beaten biscuits, will be stable.
1989 San Francisco Focus Oct. 58/1 I stretched beneath fragrant, starched linens and a heavy duvet and listened to the morning birds clearing their pipes.
C3. Designating clothing intended to be worn in the morning or daytime. See also morning coat n. at Compounds 5.Originally used of garments worn immediately after rising; later frequently used to designate clothing (now esp. formal wear) worn during the day, as opposed to evening dress.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > for specific purpose > other
morningc1620
tropical1774
underground1827
lingeriea1865
summer weight1866
winter weight1871
knockabout1880
dog robber1898
Ascot1907
day length1932
live-in1944
c1620 in Roxburghe Ballads (1891) VII. 422 Casting from him his morning gown.
1724 D. Defoe Fortunate Mistress 251 This morning vest, or robe,..was more shaped to the body than we wear them since.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Morning gown, a loose gown worn before one is formally dressed.
1784 Mass. Centinel 14 July 4/2 Millenary..for sale,..consisting of Dress, Half-Dress, and Morning-Caps [etc.].
1856 H. B. Stowe Dred II. 46 Anne Clayton, in a fresh white morning-wrapper,..looked like a queenly damask rose.
1867 Harper's Mag. Aug. 362/1 He got himself a new morning suit for shop use.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxxii. 155 A perfect morning costume.
1912 ‘C. F. Benton’ Fairs & Fetes 118 They should sell brushes and combs..and morning jackets.
1973 Drum (Johannesburg) 22 Sept. 8/3 I have even bought a morning gown and slippers.
2000 You & your Wedding Mar. 288/1 Tuxes, morning suits, tails,..the modern groom has never had it so good.
C4. Compounds with morning's, with the sense ‘taking, lasting, or sufficient for, a morning’, as morning's work, etc.
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a1704 T. Brown Dispensary in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 68 What will be the Charges of this Morning's Work?
1780 in J. Nichols Lit. Anecd. (1815) IX. 263 The Lord Chancellor..returns him many thanks for a very agreeable morning's amusement.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. vii. 195 To so practised and indefatigable a horseman as Mr. Rochester, it would be but a morning's ride.
1895 T. Hardy Jude iii. vii. 212 She arrived by the ten o'clock train.., Jude not going to meet her at the station, by her special request, that he should not lose a morning's work and pay.
1984 J. Frame Envoy from Mirror City (1987) xvii. 133 I saved a morning's kerosene for my heater.
1995 Daily Mail Ski Mag. Feb. 50/1 I joined the ski school—and at the end of my morning's torture, collapsed—a gasping mass of C&A nylon.
C5. † morning-calling n. and adj. Obsolete (a) n. (the action of making) a morning call; (b) adj. that pays a morning call.† morning-house n. Obsolete rare a tavern or public house open in the early morning.† morning-killer n. Obsolete rare a person who habitually spends the morning in bed.† morning-man n. Obsolete rare a daytime watchman.† morning planet n. Obsolete = morning star n. 1a.† morning-stead n. Obsolete rare daybreak.
morning assembly n. a religious, social, or other gathering held in the morning; (now esp.) a school assembly (see assembly n. 6b).
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1866 Toils & Triumphs Union Missionary Colportage (Amer. Tract Soc.) 164 He had instituted the morning assembly for inquirers and young converts, and that in the afternoon for the prayers and exhortations of Christians generally.
1880 Echo 24 Dec. 1/6 Morning assemblies of the academical youth for drinking and clubbing have now become the fashion.
1930 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 1 511/2 A youth in morning assembly..had the courage to declare that athletics in college should be for the students.
1990 C. Brayfield Prince ii. 55 Martha saved herself from relegation to a junior class by reciting the whole of Psalm 103..in morning assembly.
morning breath n. the breath (esp. unpleasant-smelling breath) of a person who has just woken from sleep.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > fetid smells > bad breath
fumosityc1530
bad breath1617
halitosis1874
1932 Washington Post 28 July 4/7 [This sleeping position] tends to prevent snoring, dry mouth, coated tongue and bad morning breath.
1933 Age (Melbourne) 17 May 1/4 (advt.) Sweet Morning Breath with Tartaroff. Instantly removes discoloring teeth stains.
1991 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 23 Dec. (Everyday magazine) 3 The latest tactic is to scare people into using mouthwash to eliminate morning breath.
2012 Mirror (Eire ed.) (Nexis) 8 Feb. 32 Morning breath is something that most people suffer from, but it's usually only temporary.
morning call n. now historical a formal social visit paid during the morning (or sometimes in the afternoon: see sense A. 1b).
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society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > formal
morning visit1664
salutation1685
state visit1723
morning call1784
1784 W. Cowper Let. ?20 May (1981) II. 249 I should like exceedingly to be on an easy footing there, to give a Morning call and now and then to receive one.
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Channings I. xv. 220 I am only making a morning call upon you, as is the fashion among gentlefolks.
1981 Sunday Times 22 Feb. 43/7 How could one ensure that..ladies making morning-calls (confusingly always made in the afternoon) did not collide with footmen carrying trays.
morning-caller n. now historical a person who pays a morning call.
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society > leisure > social event > visit > visitor > [noun] > formal
morning-caller1848
1848 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) I. 184 The bliss of having a very high attic in a romantic Continental town..far away from morning-callers, dinners, and decencies.
1941 G. Heyer Faro's Daughter i. 1 While the butler went to convey this message to the morning-caller, her ladyship tidied her ruffled person.
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1836 G. Almar Rover's Bride ii. v. 41 I thought it was one of the Miss Snipesesses on a morning calling!
1840 ‘G. Eliot’ in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) I. 65 A magazine of easily-wielded weapons for morning-calling and evening-party controversialists.
morning coat n. a coat designed to be worn in the morning, spec. a cutaway coat with long tails.
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1678 in Rec. Court of New Castle on Delaware (1904) 362 2 wemens morning Coates.
1796 J. Austen Let. 9 Jan. (1952) 3 His morning coat is a great deal too light.
1998 K. Lette Altar Ego v. 54 He flicked the swallow tails of his grey morning coat and departed with that mincing waddle.
morning coffee n. (a) coffee taken at mid-morning or (occasionally) at breakfast; (b) a mid-morning social occasion at which coffee is served, now typically with cake, biscuits, etc.
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the world > food and drink > drink > coffee > [noun] > a cup of > taken in morning
morning coffeea1821
a1821 J. Keats Cap & Bells xli, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 231 Thou may'st Have Nantz, with which my morning-coffee's laced.
1917 J. Conrad Shadow-line iv. 131 Presently Ransome brought me the cup of morning coffee.
1929 Yorks. Evening Post 6 July 8/1 Socially, we respond amazingly to our fellow-beings, and it is perhaps significant that, at morning coffee, no man can be parsimonious with his cigarettes.
1959 T. S. Eliot Elder Statesman ii. 43 When I asked about morning coffee She said ‘I'm not the one for elevens's.’
1975 J. M. Gillison Hist. Lyceum Club, Melbourne x. 96 The Club extended its entertaining to morning coffee and lunch-hour talks which have proved consistently popular.
1984 C. Helman Culture, Health, & Illness iii. 30 The buffet, the ‘cookout’ and the barbeque extend friendship to a greater extent than an invitation to morning coffee.
1996 F. Allen Who Goes There? 27 Drinking my morning coffee, I observe Her bosom snug in Botany wool.
2013 B. Kingston in S. Eriksson et al. Eat Hist. iv. 76 Long gone are the days when cake was only served after the sandwiches at afternoon tea or when friends (usually women) would gather at home for morning coffee and cake.
morning draught n. (also morning's draught) [in quot. 1559 translating post-classical Latin haustus matutinus (1554)] now archaic and rare an alcoholic drink taken in the morning.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > taken in morning
morning draught1559
morning1718
1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 379 When thou hast a little warmed it in the ashes, geue it for a mornynges draught.
1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epistle (1880) 38 Whereunto he resorted for his morning draught.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. xv. 104 She then asked the Doctor and Mr. Barnabas what Morning's Draught they chose. View more context for this quotation
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. iv. 87 But for hurting a man I have drunk my morning's draught withal, 'tis clean against my conscience.
1985 G. Ewart Young Pobble's Guide Toes iii. 88 Your morning draught was standard, barrels too of oysters, as pickled as old monks in cloisters.
morning dress n. (a) (as a count noun) a woman's dress intended for informal day wear (also figurative) (now chiefly historical); (b) (as a mass noun) dress designed to be worn in the morning or daytime (as opposed to the evening), (now) spec. a man's formal suit consisting of morning coat and striped trousers (sometimes also with top hat).
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1673 M. Stevenson Poems 18 Guiana in Her Morning Dress, Trips like a sprightly Sheppardess.
1700 Let. 8 Apr. in T. Brown 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) ii. 100 I have given you but a rude Account of my Journey, every Part just scribled o'er with as much Freedom as 'twas acted, wanting Leisure to put it in any other than a loose Morning-dress.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I xii. 9 Her morning dress was dimity.
1897 Genealog. Mag. Oct. 325 Ladies wore what is technically described as morning dress.
1966 H. Davies New London Spy (1967) 16 The Eton and Harrow match at Lord's. Chaps in OE ties and Morning Dress.
1991 A. Myers Murder at Masque iv. 68 As it was mid-morning, carriage or morning dress should have prevailed.
1998 Daily Tel. 28 Oct. 29/1 Dress for the occasion will be Serving officers: Full Ceremonial Day Dress, Civilians: Morning Dress or Lounge Suit.
morning flower n. a plant of the Australian and tropical American genus Orthrosanthus (family Iridaceae), having clusters of blue or white flowers that open early in the morning and fade during the day.
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1886 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 88/1 Morning-flower, Australian, Orthrosanthus multiflorus.
1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 802/1 Orthrosanthus Sweet. Morning flag, Morning flower.
morning-girl n. now historical a non-resident maidservant employed during the morning only.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > servant who lives out > girl working mornings only
morning-girl1921
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §900 Daily servant,..morning girl; a non-resident general servant.
1930 J. Cannan No Walls of Jasper i. 25 He was condemned to..discuss gardening with the men and the iniquities of morning-girls with the women.
morning goods n. pastries, scones, and other products which are baked and sold fresh each day.
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1949 A. R. Daniel Baker's Dict. Morning goods, technical term for all classes of confectionery that are baked and sold fresh daily, including..buns, scones, small queen and wine cakes, and pastries.
1995 Irish Times (Nexis) 14 Feb. 15 We have identified a demand for ‘morning goods’ such as baps, scones, and speciality breads.
morning gun n. Military a gun fired from an admiral's or senior officer's ship, or in a military camp or post, to announce daybreak; (also) the firing of a gun for this purpose.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal with gun
morning gun1724
sunset gun1797
sunrise gun1872
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > signal or ceremonial gun
chamber1540
chamber piece1547
warning-piece1591
alarm gun1706
morning gun1724
larum gun1757
alarm cannon1777
sunset gun1797
warning-gun1830
joy-gun1851
sunrise gun1872
1724 ‘C. Johnson’ Gen. Hist. Pyrates x. 225 Having heard their Morning-Gun before, they immediately suspected them to be, Roberts the Pyrate, his Consort, and a French Ship.
1899 A. West Recoll. I. vi. 206 A damaged elbow..did not prevent my sleeping till the morning gun.
1961 Jrnl. Health & Human Behavior 2 51 The daily routine typically began with a salvo from the morning gun at sunrise.
morning hour n. (in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives) a period of the day's business reserved for the reading of reports, the introduction of bills, etc.
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1876 Congress. Rec. 10 Feb. 1003/1 I desire to make a suggestion..that the morning hour for reports from committees for this day be dispensed with.
1911 C. A. Beard Amer. Govt. & Polit. 286 To this morning hour are assigned by rule certain public measures relating to such matters as the judiciary and interstate and foreign commerce.
1996 Jrnl. Politics 58 825 These changes had the potential to centralize control over special orders and morning hour speeches.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > other types of tavern
soaking club1694
molly-house1728
night house1728
tide-house1764
rathskeller1768
morning-house1781
free public house1793
lust-house1818
gin palace1833
free and easy1842
schooner-house1893
gay bar1947
tasca1957
singles bar1969
pub theatre1971
theme pub1983
brewpub1985
gastropub1996
1781 Compl. Mod. London Spy 110 You have seen several night-houses..we shall now see a morning-house. It is between 4 and 5.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > lying late in bed
slug-a-bed1599
morning-killer1753
lie-abed1764
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. vi. 101 Lady L. is a morning-killer: She always loved her bed.
morning knowledge n. [after post-classical Latin cognitio matutina (early 5th cent. in St Augustine; also in Aquinas)] Philosophy (chiefly historical) the knowledge of the causes or divine archetypal ideas of things, as opposed to ‘evening knowledge’, which is of things in their actual nature.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [noun] > wisdom > morning-knowledge
morning knowledge1621
1621 R. Jenison Height Israels Idolatrie 31 This knowledge, of S. Augustine is called scientia matutina & diurna, morning and day-knowledge.
1836 R. W. Emerson Prospects in Nature viii. 91 The difference between the actual and the ideal force of man is happily figured by the schoolmen, in saying, that the knowledge of man is an evening knowledge,..but that of God is a morning knowledge.
1994 J. P. Walsh Knowl. of Angels 262 He had desired the knowledge of angels, in whom there was no difference between morning knowledge and evening knowledge.
morning-land n. [after German Morgenland, Luther's translation of ancient Greek ἀνατολή (e.g. Matthew 2:1) rising (of the sun)] chiefly poetic (now rare) the East; the Orient.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > East > [noun]
eastwardeOE
eastc1175
sunrisinga1382
orientc1385
sun-springa1400
eastwarda1450
eastwards?1574
sunristc1600
rising sun1613
aurora1617
morn1647
moonrise1728
morning-land1838
dawning1879
1838 H. Rogers Introd. Lect. Eng. Gram. & Comp. 70 Such tasteless innovations as ‘Morning-land’ (Morgen-land) for the East, and ‘hand-book’ (hand-buch) for ‘manual’.
1842 T. B. Macaulay Prophecy of Capys in Lays Anc. Rome 191 Through the sand of morning-land The camel bears the spice.
2008 L. Ma Heidegger on East-West Dialogue 91 The Evening-Land (the West) embodies in itself the Morning-land; therefore both have a world-historic sense.
morning line n. U.S. Horse Racing a list of early betting odds, traditionally given out on the morning of a race; also in extended use.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > odds > list of (probable) odds
rundown1931
morning line1935
1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 77/2 Morning line, the betting odds quoted in poolrooms on horse races.
1941 Sun (Baltimore) 26 Dec. 11/5 The old Louisiana Jockey Club abandoned the sport following a controversy over the..ruling eliminating the ‘morning line’ bookmaking.
1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 12 Jan. 48/4 He likes the spread in New Hampshire, where the morning line has him as the biggest long shot in the race.
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1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 59 The watchman..let them alone, till the Morning-Man, or Day Watchman, as they call'd him, came to relieve him.
morning milk n. milk obtained by milking an animal in the morning (cf. morn milk n. at morn n. Compounds 2).
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1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 92v Thy breast than Mountaine snowe or morning Milke more cleare.
a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 270 My Lady of Middlesex makes excellent slipp-coat Cheese of good morning milk putting Cream to it.
1992 Independent 24 Apr. 6/5–6 I put a Jersey with his Ayrshire herd. I had the morning milk, he the evening milk.
morning mouth n. the unpleasant-smelling mouth or breath of a person who has just woken from sleep; cf. morning breath n. (now the usual term).
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > fetid smells > bad breath
fumosityc1530
bad breath1617
halitosis1874
1928 Sun (Sydney) 20 Jan. 9 (advt.) Coated tongue, a 'morning mouth,' is a sure sign of an upset system.
1982 D. Snee That was no Lady, That was Private Eye 11 I go to bed every night with stubble on my face; I wake up with morning mouth.
2019 Sc. Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 15 Sept. Among the common chemicals that help to create morning mouth are methyl mercaptan (which smells very like old cabbage).
morning office n. Christian Church a morning service.
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society > faith > worship > canonical hours > matins > [noun]
uht-songa900
ughten-songc1175
matinsc1300
matutine1455
matinsc1480
morning prayer1552
morning office1765
1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto iv. 157 It was not till late after the morning-office, that he recollected [etc.].
1899 H. D. Rawnsley Sonnets Switzerland & Italy 12 The younger daughter said The morning office..And prayed that Mary would the tempter foil.
2000 J. Dyer in M. E. Fassler & R. A. Baltzer Divine Office in Lat. Middle Ages iv. 85 The initial description of the morning office of Matins..is compressed into a single sentence.
morning paper n. a newspaper published so as to be ready for sale or delivery from the (early) morning.
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society > communication > journalism > journal > newspaper > [noun] > morning
morning paper1727
morning1796
1727–41 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) We have daily Papers, weekly Papers, morning Papers, evening Papers..political Papers, literary Papers, Papers of entertainment, etc.
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Channings I. v. 68 It is in all the morning papers.
1992 Canad. Living Aug. 51/1 I pull on the handiest old clothes,..grind some coffee beans, and while the coffee perks, head out by car for the morning paper.
morning performance n. = matinee n. 1; (also, more generally) a performance that takes place in the morning.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > performance at specific time
morning performance1827
matinee1848
mat1914
first house1930
midnight matinée1952
1827 T. J. Dibdin Reminisc. I. 251 A large play bill from Dublin, announcing morning performances, on account of a partial insurrection or rebellion.
2000 N.Y. Times 5 May e8/1 Then there was the morning performance in Philadelphia, where the teenage crowd screamed and cheered.
morning person n. colloquial a person who functions best, or is most active, in the morning; frequently in negative contexts.
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1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 29 May d1 I am pretending to be a morning person..getting up early, running my two point six miles, eating a real breakfast [etc.].
2000 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 31 Oct. [By working from home] you can also have more flexibility with the hours you work so that if you're a morning person or a late-night person you can change your schedule to suit yourself.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > inferior planet > [noun] > Venus > as morning star
morn-starOE
day starOE
Luciferc1050
morrow starc1350
morning star1535
phosphorus1595
phosphor1606
morning planet1667
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 366 And hence the Morning Planet guilds his horns. View more context for this quotation
1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxii. 279 The Morning Planet told th'approach of Light.
morning room n. a room used as a sitting room during the morning or early part of the day.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > morning room
morning room1774
1774 Daily Advertiser 7 Jan. (advt.) The Center House,..consisting, upon the Ground Floor, of an elegant Vestibule, a very good Eating-Parlour, a Morning-Room, [etc.].
1816 J. Austen Emma II. xiv. 260 That room was the very shape and size of the morning-room at Maple Grove. View more context for this quotation
1893 J. Ashby-Sterry Naughty Girl iii. 26 He had the morning-room [of the club] all to himself.
1986 W. Lancs. Evening Gaz. 8 May 12 (advt.) A spacious 4-bed Semi-detached House..Vestibule, lounge, diningroom, morningroom, half-tiled kitchen.
morning service n. a religious service taking place in the morning, spec. the Anglican service of matins; the ritual or words prescribed for this; (also) a musical setting of the canticles, etc., for this service.
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society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > morning > [noun]
morning service1649
1649 C. Walker Anarchia Anglicana 254 Master Williams reading Morning Service out of the Booke of Common-prayer.
1722–3 B. Franklin Let. 4 July in Boston & London (1987) 50 Many People..were carry'd to their Houses in Canooes, after the Morning Service was over.
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Channings II. xviii. 269 The day was a holiday from school, but not from morning service.
1962 Standard Jewish Encycl. 617 The shophar is sounded after morning service on weekdays throughout Elul.
1989 F. Saunders-Veness Oh! Sister I saw Bells go Down (BNC) 52 We sang the full morning service in bright sunshine.
morning sickness n. nausea and vomiting occurring in the morning, (now) spec. as a sign of pregnancy, occurring at any time of the day.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of pregnancy or birth > [noun] > morning sickness
morning sickness1844
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > nausea > types of nausea
heartsickness1614
seasickness1625
sea-distempera1641
nausea1771
mal de mer1778
airsickness1784
morning sickness1844
pregnancy sickness1864
carsickness1867
trainsickness1876
motion sickness1881
travel sickness1900
space sickness1912
1844 G. Bird Urinary Deposits 252 She had morning sickness, and the veins of her lower extremities were varicose.
1992 Daily Tel. 4 Apr. 9/8 One argues that morning sickness helps the mother avoid exposing the developing child to toxins.
2006 Mother & Baby Aug. 33/1 Doing some regular, gentle exercise will strengthen your muscles for labour, help alleviate morning sickness and boost your mood.
morning sitting n. Parliament (a) (during the late 19th cent., until 1902) an afternoon sitting of the British House of Commons; (b) a sitting of this House taking place in the morning .
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1866 Hansard 18 June 184 535 The Chancellor of the Exchequer said, he believed it was not usual to make a formal Motion on the subject of morning sittings.
1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 July 2/2 The notice that a bill will be opposed..prevents any stage of a bill being taken during..the last ten minutes of a morning sitting.
1894 Daily News 17 Jan. 5/3 There have been twenty-three morning sittings of the House of Commons since the beginning of the present session. A ‘morning’ sitting, as most people know, opens at two o'clock in the afternoon, and ends at seven.
1906 T. L. Webster in May's Treat. Law Parl. (ed. 11) ii. viii. 213 Sittings of the house known as ‘morning sittings’ were sometimes held..from two o'clock until seven o'clock... The standing orders..which regulated these sittings were repealed, 1st Dec. 1902.
1924 Economica No. 11. 141 The House has..changed its habits with regard to its hours of sitting since the close of the eighteenth century. Morning sittings used to be the practice of the House and evening sittings were regarded as most objectionable.
1960 Eng. Hist. Rev. 75 456 In his ministry of 1868–74 Gladstone could find time for his important measures only by frequent recourse to special ‘morning sittings’ lasting from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays.
1965 Times 13 Aug. 5/3 Opportunities for brief speeches and morning sittings of the House were two other matters referred to the committee but lack of time prevented their consideration.
2003 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 9 Jan. The first week of family-friendly morning sittings of the House of Commons was bound to disappoint.
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a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. Fracastoro Maidens Blush (1620) sig. D5v Toward morning-sted To mighty Pharaoh the Almighty sent A double Dream.
morning tea n. (a) tea, or (chiefly Australian) a light meal or snack with tea, consumed either before or upon rising or at mid-morning; (b) chiefly Australian, the taking of tea at mid-morning; a mid-morning break at which tea may be taken.
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the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [noun] > a cup of > in morning
morning tea1735
1735 J. Swift Furnit. Woman's Mind in Wks. II. 414 Can, at her Morning Tea, run o'er The Scandal of the Day before.
1851 J. Baillie Dramatic & Poet. Wks. 817 E'en that which gentle dames at morning tea, From silver urn ascending, daily see.
1933 J. McCarter Love's Lunatic 51 We have two smokos daily... Smoko is morning and afternoon tea. Morning tea at ten, and four o'clock marks the afternoon time.
1988 A. Desai Baumgartner's Bombay i. 17 He had his morning tea.
morning visit n. (also occasionally morning's visit) (a) a visit made in the morning; (b) a formal afternoon visit (cf. morning call n.) (now rare).
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society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > formal
morning visit1664
salutation1685
state visit1723
morning call1784
1664 H. Bold Poems 182 (title of poem) The morning visit on his mistris.
1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Of Happy Life xxii. 295 in Seneca's Morals Abstracted (1679) He gave me a Mornings Visit.
1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxiv. 119 Morning visits, too, are made in the afternoon.
1988 M. Keene Loving & Giving (BNC) 6 When Nicandra had refastened all three buttons on the placket back of her white drawers, she felt ready to pay her morning visit to Aunt Tossie.
morning visiting n. the practice of making morning visits; an instance of this.
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1817 M. Edgeworth Ormond in Harrington & Ormond II. xvi. 357 Say I'm too old and clumsy for morning visitings.
1879 Appletons' Jrnl. Jan. 27 There seems to have been also a great deal of morning visiting as well among the gentlemen as the ladies.
2009 in A. Crichton-Harris Poison in Small Meas. v. 128 Routine morning visiting made it impossible for the nursing staff (and doctors) to get through various things before the appropriate department shut down, etc.
morning visitor n. a person who pays a morning visit.
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1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain II. 234 The French never give..any refreshment..to their morning or evening visitors.
1831 M. Edgeworth Let. 6 Jan. (1971) 469 Scarcely had I taken up my pen and breathed when other morning visitors entered.
1991 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Oct. 124/1 She is gracious to her morning visitor, although she dislikes being interviewed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2022).
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