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Etymology

From Middle English morwe, morwen, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz; compare Dutch morgen and German Morgen.

Doublet of morgen and morn. Both morn and morrow continue earlier Middle English morwen (the former through early contraction, the latter through regular reduction of -en).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɒɹ.əʊ/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹ.oʊ/, /ˈmɑɹ.oʊ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɒɹəʊ

Noun

morrow (plural morrows)

  1. (archaic or poetic) The next or following day.
    • 1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods‎, London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 27:
      Two men were walking in the street; one said to the other: “Upon the morrow I will sup with thee.” And the Pestilence grinned a grin that none beheld, baring his dripping teeth, and crept away to see whether upon the morrow those men should sup together.
  2. (archaic) Morning.

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Verb

morrow (third-person singular simple present morrows, present participle morrowing, simple past and past participle morrowed)

  1. (intransitive) To dawn
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