Revised as of
22 Sept 2022
I do recall mourning those Sunday evenings coming to an end, presaging the coming of a workday morning.
Maybe that’s why this author’s character was greeting the mourning?? Nahhh, from what I read, it simply wasn’t in this character’s character to be happy about being sad.
Word Confusions . . .
. . . started as my way of dealing with a professional frustration with properly spelled words that were out of context in manuscripts I was editing as well as books I was reviewing. It evolved into a sharing of information with y’all. I’m hoping you’ll share with us words that have been a bête noire for you from either end.
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| Morning | Mourning |
|---|---|
Dew-bedecked Morning by JillWellington is under the Pixabay License, via Pixabay. |
The Dowager Electress Palatine in Mourning, a painting by Jan Frans van Douven, is in the public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. |
| Part of Grammar: | |
| Adjective; Adverb; Exclamation; Noun
Plural for noun: mornings |
Adjective; Noun
Plural for noun: mourning |
| Adjective: Of or relating to morning Occurring, appearing, used, etc. Adverb: In the morning repeatedly Exclamation: Noun:
The first or early period of anything
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Adjective: Of, related to, or used in mourning Noun:
The act of a person who mourns
The outward symbols of such sorrow, as black garments The period or interval during which a person grieves or formally expresses grief, as by wearing black garments |
| Examples: | |
| Adjective: I woke again in the wee morning hours, listening for the sound that woke me. I could barely wait for my morning coffee break. Adverb: She works mornings in the kitchen of a small local restaurant. Mornings, I like to weed the garden. Exclamation: Morning, how are you? Morning, sweetie. Noun: I toiled in the fields from morning till night. It was a little after eight in the morning. A hint of steely light showed that morning was on its way. The woman kept on it morning, noon, and night. Morning is almost here. It was but the morning of life. But…what happened yesterday morning? Don’t forget we’re leaving for Aruba Monday morning. We’ll discuss this in the morning. The morning after an evening of drinking can be wicked painful. |
Adjective: She had no mourning clothes. She was chased away by the mourning women. Some mourning customs require the widow to wear black for the rest of her life. Noun: She couldn’t stop mourning the loss of her dog. Yesterday the whole of Greece was in mourning. If he dies, she’ll put on mourning but she won’t cry. Children under fifteen are not expected to wear mourning, nor should any girl under seventeen wear crape. Some historical mourning practices required a widow to wear black for at least two years. |
| Derivatives: | |
| Adjective: premorning Noun: morn, morning-after pill |
Adjective: mournful, unmourned Adverb: mournfully, mourningly Noun: mourner Verb: mourn, overmourn |
| History of the Word: | |
| Middle English from morn, on the pattern of evening. | Old English murnan is of Germanic origin. |
C’mon, get it out of your system, bitch, whine, moan . . . which words are your pet peeves? Also, please note that I try to be as accurate as I can, but mistakes happen or I miss something. Email me if you find errors, so I can fix them . . . and we’ll all benefit!
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