good morning
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good morning
- /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ/ UK
- /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good + morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goedemorgen, German guten Morgen, Danish god morgen, Swedish god morgon, Icelandic góðan morgunn.
interjection good-morning
- Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning. The teacher welcomed the kids to school with "Good morning, boys and girls."
- A parting in the morning. Thank you for coming everyone and I hope to see you again next year. Good morning.
- Used to greet someone who has just awakened (irrespective of the time of day). Up at the crack of dusk! Good morning!
- Said to someone who has come to a belated realization. You're just realizing that now? Good morning!
noun good mornings · good-morning · goodmorning
- A greeting consisting of the interjection.
- An exercise performed by bending forward at the waist and then returning to a standing posture, while bearing a barbell or resistance band across the shoulders. For quotations using this term, see Citations:good morning.
verb good mornings · good morninging · good morninged
- Alternative form of good-morning (“to say good morning (to someone)”).good-morning It could not otherwise befall / (Sir Thomas, and his Wife, this course persuing,) / But that the Lady, affable to all, / Should greet the Friars, on her way / To matins, as she met them, every day, / Good morninging, and how d’ye doing: […]
