good morrow

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Etymology

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From Middle English good morow, good morwe.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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good morrow

  1. (archaic) Good morning.

Noun

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good morrow (plural good morrows)

  1. (archaic) A greeting consisting of the interjection.
  2. (obsolete) Riverhemp, sesban.
    • 1797, Joseph Hawkins of New York, A history of a voyage to the coast of Africa: and travels into the interior of that country, [A book questioned to be a hoax], first Edition in Philadelphia page 133 and two editions in Troy by Luther Pratt page 133:
      Among the plants and shrubs that I saw, and could form any knowledge of, were the sisban, or large thorny sensitive plant, sometimes called the good-morrow, these are abundant among the underwoods.