† morphiln.

Forms: 1600s marfill, 1600s–1900s morphil.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French morfil, marfil.

Etymology: < French morfil ivory (1545 in Middle French; 1554 as marfil) < Spanish marfil ivory (c1260; 9th cent. as almafil) < Arabic ʿaẓm al-fīl (12th cent.) < ʿaẓm bone of + al the + fīl elephant. Compare Portuguese marfil, marfim (14th cent.; 13th cent. as almafil, 14th cent. as almafim).

Obsolete.

1. Raw ivory.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > bone or horn > [noun] > ivory > types of

morphil1615

sea ivory1851

walrus-ivory1875

1615 T. Roe Jrnl. 21 July in Embassy to Court of Great Mogul (1899) I. 22 Hee assured me of trade enough at his Porte to loade one ship with Marfill, Ambre, and Tinta Roxa.

1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 11 Their trade consists in Slaves, Gold, Morphil or Ivory, and Wax.

2. Vegetable ivory (see ivory n. 2). rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1891 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Morphil, vegetable ivory, the endosperm of the fruit of Phytelephas macrocarpa.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	morphil
释义	† morphiln. Forms: 1600s marfill, 1600s–1900s morphil. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French morfil, marfil. Etymology: < French morfil ivory (1545 in Middle French; 1554 as marfil) < Spanish marfil ivory (c1260; 9th cent. as almafil) < Arabic ʿaẓm al-fīl (12th cent.) < ʿaẓm bone of + al the + fīl elephant. Compare Portuguese marfil, marfim (14th cent.; 13th cent. as almafil, 14th cent. as almafim). Obsolete. 1. Raw ivory. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > bone or horn > [noun] > ivory > types of morphil1615 sea ivory1851 walrus-ivory1875 1615 T. Roe Jrnl. 21 July in Embassy to Court of Great Mogul (1899) I. 22 Hee assured me of trade enough at his Porte to loade one ship with Marfill, Ambre, and Tinta Roxa. 1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 11 Their trade consists in Slaves, Gold, Morphil or Ivory, and Wax. 2. Vegetable ivory (see ivory n. 2). rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1891 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Morphil, vegetable ivory, the endosperm of the fruit of Phytelephas macrocarpa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1615
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