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morn

morn

22 9.2
The early part of the day after dawn and before noon
  • noun
  • /mɔrn/
  • Archaic
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  • The light of early morn and late in the day adds interest and drama.

Examples

  • Your voice, the refrain of a song of a rain in the light of the bright April morn.

  • ♪ Let's go sunning ♪ ♪ 'Neath the sky of blue ♪ ♪ Greet the sun, every morn ♪♪

  • Does she ever stop to think what might happen the next morn when she'll wish she was never born?

  • Every morn' and every night, some are born to sweet delight.

  • Sure, 'tis like the morn in Spring

  • "Each new morn, new widows howl.

  • ♪ Christ the Lord is born this Christmas morn

  • "Come at early morn, and we will begin work with the gyrfalcon." p63

    Fiction book (1993)
  • "But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill."

    Blog text (18)
  • On a crisp autumn morn, the leaves rustled softly in the breeze.

Synonyms

morning
vsmorn
  • Literature
360 4.5

The earliest period of something, like the start of an era

is the time-of-day sense used in poetic language not just a metaphorical beginning
mornin'
vsmorn
  • Informal
8 8.3

The early part of the day after the sun rises said informally

is the poetic literary form rather than this casual or dialect form
forenoon
vsmorn
  • Archaic
1 5.9

A time in the morning before noon

is the poetic or literary term rather than this neutral name
mañana
vsmorn
8.1

The part of the day from dawn until noon

is the poetic literary English term rather than a foreign loanword

How Early

noon
493 1.0
midmorning
1 2.8
morn
  • Archaic
22 9.2
dawn
386 1.0
predawn
1 3.1

Surface Forms

morn singular
morns plural

Etymology

The word morn comes from the old English word morgen, the same root as morning and morrow, which meant 'daybreak' or 'dawn'. So morn still means the early part of the day and is often used in a poetic or literary way.