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单词 morne
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mornen.1

Brit. /mɔːn/, U.S. /mɔrn/
Forms: late Middle English moorne, 1500s 1800s– morne, 1500s–1700s mourn, 1600s mourne.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French morne.
Etymology: < Middle French morne (1479) < Old French, Middle French morné blunted (early 13th cent. of a sentiment, early 16th cent. of a lance), probably < an unattested Old French verb *morner (compare amorner (reflexive) to mortify oneself, amorné sad, amornir (reflexive) to become doleful, amorni sad), probably ultimately < the Germanic base of mourn v.1
Weaponry. In later use historical.
The blunted head of a tilting-lance; = coronal n. 3. Also: each of the blunted points on the coronal; = mornette n.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > equipment > specific parts
morne1494
burra1533
mornette1824
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > lance > head or point of lance > barbed or with spreading points
coronalc1325
morne1494
cronet1519
flukea1600
crownaclec1650
1494 in J. Gairdner Lett. Reigns of Richard III & Henry VII (1861) I. 399 Thomas Ryder came owt of the towne and to hym was presented ij speres with moornes, where of he toke the choise and Treury toke the toder.
1509 King Henry VIII Reg. Justes Westm. in J. R. Planché Cycl. Costume (1876) I. 372 He who breaketh his speare morne to morne.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxi. sig. Cc4 His launces..so were they couloured with hooks neere the mourn, that they pretily represented shephooks.
1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iv. xiv. 342 The Iron heads of Tilt-speares..which vsually haue six or eight Mournes (for so are those little piked things called, which are on the top or head of this Cronell or Coronet).
1824 S. R. Meyrick Crit. Inq. into Antient Armour II. 246 Their lances have small points rebated or bent down, called mornes.
1876 Jrnl. Brit. Archæol. Assoc. 32 125 We hear of spears, of..tilting-lances with mornes, coronels, and vamplates.
1961 G. C. Stone Gloss. Arms & Armor 457 Morne, mornette, the head of a tilting lance having the point rebated, or turned back, to prevent injury to the opponent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mornen.2

Brit. /mɔːn/, U.S. /mɔrn/, Caribbean English /moː(r)n/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French morne.
Etymology: < French morne (1640) < French Creole (originally Antilles) morne , further etymology uncertain: perhaps alteration of Spanish morro hillock (1591; perhaps ultimately < the same base as morion n.1).
Caribbean.
A round hill or small mountain.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [noun] > round or conical
lowOE
lawa1400
sugar-loafa1691
kettle-bottom1746
loma1849
morne1889
pepino1899
hum1921
1889 Catholic World Aug. 585 It was strikingly situated upon a small plain hollowed out from between two noble mountains (called Mornes by the natives).
1889 Harper's Mag. Nov. 846/1 The road..sinks between mornes wooded to their summits.
1953 P. L. Fermor Violins of Saint-Jacques 27 Shadowy valleys between the mornes.
1990 D. Walcott Omeros x. 57 They took the olive Land Rover Round the shining island, up mornes with red smudges Of fresh immortelles with old things to discover.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

morneadj.2

Brit. /mɔːn/, U.S. /mɔrn/
Forms: 1800s– morne, 1900s– mourne.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French morne.
Etymology: < French morne (see mourn adj.).The spelling mourne in late 20th-cent. use (in fiction with a medieval setting) may perhaps be after mourn adj.
Now archaic or literary.
Sad, mournful, gloomy.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing
darkOE
unmerryOE
deathlyc1225
dolefulc1275
elengec1275
dreicha1300
coolc1350
cloudyc1374
sada1375
colda1400
deadlya1400
joylessc1400
unjoyful?c1400
disconsolatea1413
mournfula1425
funeralc1425
uncheerfulc1449
dolent1489
dolesome1533
heavy-hearted1555
glum1558
ungladsome1558
black1562
pleasureless1567
dern1570
plaintive?1570
glummish1573
cheerless1575
comfortless1576
wintry1579
glummy1580
funebral1581
discouraging1584
dernful?1591
murk1596
recomfortless1596
sullen1597
amating1600
lugubrious1601
dusky1602
sable1603
funebrial1604
damping1607
mortifying1611
tearful?1611
uncouth1611
dulsome1613
luctual1613
dismal1617
winterous1617
unked1620
mopish1621
godforsaken?1623
uncheerly1627
funebrious1630
lugubrous1632
drearisome1633
unheartsome1637
feral1641
drear1645
darksome1649
sadding1649
saddening1650
disheartening1654
funebrous1654
luctiferous1656
mestifical1656
tristifical1656
sooty1657
dreary1667
tenebrose1677
clouded1682
tragicala1700
funereal1707
gloomy1710
sepulchrala1711
dumpishc1717
bleaka1719
depressive1727
lugubre1727
muzzy1728
dispiriting1733
uncheery1760
unconsolatory1760
unjolly1764
Decemberly1765
sombre1768
uncouthie1768
depressing1772
unmirthful1782
sombrous1789
disanimating1791
Decemberish1793
grey1794
uncheering1796
ungenial1796
uncomforting1798
disencouraginga1806
stern1812
chilling1815
uncheered1817
dejecting1818
mopey1821
desponding1828
wisht1829
leadening1835
unsportful1837
demoralizing1840
Novemberish1840
frigid1844
morne1844
tragic1848
wet-blanketty1848
morgue1850
ungladdeneda1851
adusk1856
smileless1858
soul-sick1858
Novemberya1864
saturnine1863
down1873
lacklustre1883
Heaven-abandoneda1907
downbeat1952
doomy1967
1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xvi. 215 The chaunt was morne, and doleful.
1848 W. E. Aytoun Danube & Euxine 16 Rolling down my torpid waters Through a silence morne and drear.
1879 M. Oliphant Hist. Reign George II I. 14 The morne monotony of the life that lingers out to its last moment.
1987 D. Davie Two Intercepted Lett. in Sequoia (Centennial issue) 26 I declare Grave-robbers, monsters, had recruited me. From that morne service spare, I plead, John Clare.
1988 ‘E. Peters’ Confession Brother Haluin ii. 23 In mourne procession they bore him out through the darkened gardens to the infirmary.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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