morn

CEFRB2

/mɔːn/

noun

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    noun

    The morning, especially in poetic or old-fashioned language.

Examples

  • His wedding morn would bring death to her and change her to foam.

  • It was the lark, the herald of the morn, no nightingale.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Citations
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Synonyms
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Also pronounced

  • /moɹn/

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In context

  • Praise the Lord, His mercy is more. Stronger than darkness, new ev'ry morn. Our sins, they are many; His mercy is more.

  • But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, / Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill. / Break we our watch up, and by my advice, / Let us impart what we have seen tonight

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Origin

noun

From Middle English morn, morwen, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko, from *mer- (“to shimmer, glisten”). See also West Frisian moarn, Low German Morgen, Dutch morgen, German Morgen, Danish morgen, Norwegian morgon; also Lithuanian mérkti (“to blink, twinkle”), Sanskrit मरी॑चि (márīci, “ray of light”), Greek μέρα (méra, “morning”). Doublet of morrow and morgen. See also morning.