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Mornings
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noun
1.
the first part or period of the day, extending from dawn, or from midnight, to noon.
2.
the beginning of day; dawn: Morning is almost here.
3.
the first or early period of anything; beginning: the morning of life.
adjective
4.
of or pertaining to morning: the morning hours.
5.
occurring, appearing, used, etc., in the morning: a morning coffee break.
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Word Origin & History
morning
mid-13c., morn, morewen (see morn) + suffix -ing, on pattern of evening. Originally the time just before sunrise. Morning after "hangover" is from 1884; as a type of contraception, attested from 1867. Morning sickness first recorded 1879 (O.E.
EXPAND had morgenwlætung). Morning glory is from 1814, in reference to the time the flowers open. Morning star "Venus in the east before sunrise" is from 1530s (O.E. had morgensteorra).
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