good morrow

American  

interjection

Archaic.

1. good morning.

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Etymology

Origin of good morrow

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

"Well. You'll want to talk with your friends, I expect. I'll bid you good morrow."

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

"A good morrow, sweet lady," said the crone; "well, this is a pretty comfortable chamber:—you must have slept soundly."

From Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. by Trueba y Cosío, Joaquín Telesforo de

With sorrow we have heard it, good morrow, sir.

From The Fall of British Tyranny American Liberty Triumphant by Moses, Montrose Jonas

So I came quietly behind them and said, "Good night or good day or good morrow or good even, gentlemen: for tell me what hour it is that I may know how to greet ye."

From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von

So! well,--return him a good morrow from me.

From The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts by Iffland, Augustus William