Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

good morrow

/ɡʊd ˈmɒɹəʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: good -mor-row
IPA: /ɡʊd ˈmɒɹəʊ/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Archaic

noun

A greeting consisting of the interjection.

Archaic

noun

Riverhemp, sesban.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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?"
"Good Morrow, Neighbour; good Morrow, Neighbour Cloggit; How do's all at your Houſe this Morning?"
""Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin, "thou seemest happy this merry morn.""
"Good morrow! / Name's Walter. I do a bit of maintenance here and there on ol' bessie. […]"
"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."

Etymology

From Middle English good morow, good morwe.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: good morow

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɡʊd ˈmɒɹəʊ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

good-morrow (alternative) goodmorrow (alternative) good morrows (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce good morrow?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡʊd ˈmɒɹəʊ/.
What does good morrow mean?: Good morning.
Where does good morrow come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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