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morn·ing (môr′niŋ)

noun

  1. the first or early part of the day, from midnight, or esp. dawn, to noon
  2. the first or early part the morning of life
  3. the dawn; daybreak

Etymology: ME morweninge (by analogy with evening) < OE morgen, morning, akin to Ger < IE base *mer(e)k-, to glimmer, twilight > obs. Czech mrkati, to dawn, grow dark

adjective

of, in, or for the morning

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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