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ˈmorning-ˈglory
[f. morning + glory n.]
1. A twining herb of the genus Ipomœa or closely related genera of the family Convolvulaceæ, esp. Ipomœa (or Pharbitis) purpurea, which is native to tropical America and bears large trumpet-shaped flowers; also attrib. and fig.
1814F. Pursh Flora Americæ Septentrionalis I. 146 Ipomoea Nil... Flowers beautiful pale blue, only open early in the morning, from which it has been called Morning-glory. 1836Backwoods of Canada 142 The pillars [of the verandah] are wreathed with the..‘morning glory’, the American name for the most splendid of major convolvuluses. 1885G. Allen Babylon i, The morning-glories opened their great pink bells. 1892Harper's Mag. May 937/1 The..little cabin that sat smiling through a cool green garment of..morning-glory vines. 1934E. Blunden Choice or Chance 11 And with wonder saw The morning-glory about the bucket twined. 1947R. P. T. Coffin Yankee Coast 59 The owners..have to make guitars and banjos do. And accordions, phonographs with morning-glory horns, and, latterly, radios. 1963W. Blunt Of Flowers & Village 176 I've not been very successful with morning glories. 1964C. Willock Enormous Zoo v. 89 We found the DC..in a morning glory-covered bungalow up on the Sudan border. 1966Times 22 Mar. 5/1 The Pharmaceutical Society is carrying out laboratory investigations to determine whether any Morning Glory seeds sold in this country could be dangerous. 1968Peterson & McKenny Field Guide to Wildflowers Northeastern & Northcentral N. Amer. 338 Common Morning-glory. Alien. Ipomoea purpurea... A twining vine; the garden morning-glory with broad heart-shaped leaves. Flowers purple, pink, blue, or white. 1970R. Lowell Notebk. 101 The jellied green creepers and morning-glories of the saurian sunset.
2. attrib. (U.S.) designating a kind of stove.
1885Roe Driven back to Eden Pref. 1 A morning-glory stove gave out abundant warmth.
3. U.S. slang. Something which fails to maintain its early achievement; esp. in sporting contexts.
1904Outing XLV. 170/1 Didn't I tell you he was nothing but a morning glory—why that dog couldn't beat a ferry boat. 1920Harvey's Weekly 15 May 15/2 You have..sent one more morning glory statesman to limbo. 1935A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 77/2 Morning glory, race horse that works in fast time in the morning but fails to race well. 1938Amer. Speech XIII. 30 Clubs which bloom luxuriantly early in the season, but which are expected to wilt ignominiously as the competition becomes hotter, are known as Morning Glories. |