good mornint.
/(ˌ)ɡʊd ˈmɔːn/, U.S. /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔrn/ Now chiefly archaic or in historical contexts.
= good morning int. Cf. good morrow int.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > terms of greeting > at specific times of day
good morrowc1390
good mornc1400
God give you good even1481
good evena1500
bonjour1573
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 1208 ‘God moroun, sir Gawayn’, sayde þat [gay] lady.
c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 3476 The gome graythely hym grette and bade gode morwene.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xii. 109 How, Gyb, goode morne! Wheder goys thou?
c1500 Young Children's Bk. (Ashm. 61) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 17 To whom þou metys come by þe weye, Curtasly ‘gode morne’ þou sey.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 636 The Thane of Caldar, Schir, God ȝow gude morne!
1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry ii. sig. Ev Good morne vnto your Lordship.
c1680 Delectable Hist. Poor Robin xvi. sig. B2 Jocky comes to the Kirk, & takes sir Donkyn by the Rochet and says good morn sir Donkyn.
1715 Miller of Trompington iv. 64 Good Morn, old Boy, how do'st thou do?
1845 Hood's Mag. Jan. 66 Good morn, sir; good morn, Reuben.
1888 F. D. Lacy Star Lake Romance x. 114 Fair Alice bade ‘good morn’, With her accustomed grace.
1934 J. U. Nicolson Canterbury Tales 111 ‘Ah, Simon, hail, good morn,’ first spoke Alain.
2007 L. Sands Brat (2011) iv. 69 ‘Good morn, my lord,’ Lady Emilie said.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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