morrow
Pluralmorrows
Verbmorrows, morrowing, morrowed
Pluralmorrows
Formsmorrows, morrowing, morrowed
- 1The day after today, or the day following a given day.
The travelers rested at the inn, planning to cross the pass on the morrow.
Whatever the morrow brings, we face it together.
UsageUsually on the morrow or upon the morrow.
Note
Lord Dunsany's Time and the Gods (1906) has a man promise "Upon the morrow I will sup with thee".
Checked 2 Nov 2026 · 3 facts
- Lord Dunsany wrote Time and the Gods. gutenberg.org
- Time and the Gods was first published in 1906. en.wikipedia.org
- An unnamed man in the book says the quoted words to another man. gutenberg.org
- 2Morning; the early part of the day.
Note
Most readers now meet the morning sense in the greeting good morrow, an archaic hello for the early hours that suits historical fiction and stage dialogue, not a real office at nine.
Checked 2 Nov 2026 · 1 fact
- Good morrow is an archaic greeting meaning good morning. en.wiktionary.org
- 3To dawn, as a new day or morning does.
Similardawn
Note
Morning itself is the natural subject: in Sir Richard Burton's Alaeddin; or, The Wonderful Lamp, a man lies in deep thought all night until morning morrowed, a phrase that tucks the noun back inside the verb.
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Origin
Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz became Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin and then Old English morgen, the ancestor of Middle English morwe and morwen. Dutch morgen and German Morgen are comparable. Morrow is a doublet of both morgen and morn. Morn and morrow both grew out of earlier Middle English morwen, morn by early contraction and morrow by the usual weakening of the -en ending.