different between morning vs betimes

English

Etymology

From Middle English morwenyng, from morwen +? -ing; equivalent to morn +? -ing. See also morrow (Middle English morwe).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??n??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m??n??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n??
• Hyphenation: morn?ing
• Homophone: mourning (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger)

Noun

morning (plural mornings)

1. The part of the day from dawn to noon.
   • 1835, Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1, pp.284-5

     Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
2. The part of the day between midnight and noon.

   (1/3 am)

3. (figuratively) The early part of anything.
4. The first alcoholic drink of the day; a morning draught.

Synonyms

• (time from dawn to noon): forenoon; yeender (dialect); see also Thesaurus:morning
• (time from midnight to noon): a.m.; forenoon; yeender (dialect)

Coordinate terms

• afternoon; evening; night

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See also

• (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, midnight ^{(Category: en:Times of day)}

Interjection

morning

1. A greeting said in the morning; shortening of good morning

Anagrams

• norming

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

morning m (definite singular morningen, indefinite plural morninger, definite plural morningene)

1. alternative spelling of morgning

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²mo?.???/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

morning m (definite singular morningen, indefinite plural morningar, definite plural morningane)

1. alternative spelling of morgning

English

Etymology

From Middle English bitimes, from bi (“by”) + time + adverbial -s. Equivalent to by +? time +? -s, or betime +? -s. More at betime. Compare also betides.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /b??ta?mz /, /b??ta?mz/
• Rhymes: -a?mz

Adverb

betimes (not comparable)

1. (dated) In good season or time; early, especially in the morning; seasonably.
   • 1886-88, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night:

     They slept well that night and betimes next morning the mother of Alaeddin arose and went with her bowl to the King's court which she found closed.

   • 1896, A. E. Housman, "To An Athlete Dying Young," in A Shropshire Lad:

     Smart lad to slip betimes away

     From fields where glory does not stay.

   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 786:

     However they dined very early, for the winter dusk fell betimes at this season [...].

2. (archaic) In a short time, soon; quickly, forthwith.
   • 1898, The High History of the Holy Graal, translated by Sebastian Evans, Branch IX, Title II:

     [O]ne prayed God right heartily aloud that He would send them betimes a knight that durst convoy them through this strait pass.

   • 1839, Doctrine and Covenants 121:43^[1]:

     Reproving betimes with sharpness...and afterward showing forth an increase of love toward him whom thou hast reproved […]

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