“Good-night, good-night! parting is such sweet sorrow / That I shall say good-night till it be morrow.” Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet “Many good morrows to my noble lord!” Shakespeare, Richard III
Recent Examples on the WebThe story of Chicago’s efforts to put its best foot forward begins on the morrow of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2022 To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform, substantially revised and reissued four years later as Garden Cities of To-morrow). Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, 21 Oct. 2021 In lands where Jewish life was changing rapidly, families seemingly sought to stave off fears of the morrow.Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2020 Bleary-eyed guests made their way on the morrow to a picnic lunch in the Cloister of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Romani—another breathtaking venue, with Rome spread far below. Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 22 June 2018 On the morrow: a trip to a once-sleepy fishing village on the outskirts of Havana, transformed by the presence of the artist Jose Fuster, the Gaudi of Cuba. Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2018 Dinner that night at Europeo di Mattozzi, and on the morrow to lunch with friends on Capri at the little restaurant Le Grotelle, marveling at the wondrous views from its dizzying heights. Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2018 Good morrow, yogis! Felicitations on this blessed day upon which our heavenly Father hath chosen to spare our humble bodies from pestilence. Kira Garcia, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English morn, morwen morn
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of morrow was before the 12th century