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mort 1 M0429500 (môrt)n. The note sounded on a hunting horn to announce the death of a deer. [Middle English, death, from Old French, from Latin mors, mort-; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]
mort 2 M0429500 (môrt)n. A great number or quantity. [Perhaps from mortal.]mort (mɔːt) n (Hunting) a call blown on a hunting horn to signify the death of the animal hunted[C16: via Old French from Latin mors death]
mort (mɔːt) na great deal; a great many[possibly a shortened form of mortal used as an intensifier]mort (mɔrt) n. 1. a note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed. 2. Obs. death. [1300–50; Middle English < Middle French < Latin mort- (s. of mors) death] Mort a great quantity.Examples: mort of luck, 1821; of merrymaking, 1775; of money, 1887; of prisoners, 1694; of talk, 1850; of wit, 1708.mort
all-a-mort1. Struck dumb, insensible, or motionless with fear or confusion. His speech was full of such fire and anger that I was rendered all-a-mort for a few moments afterward.2. In a dying or half-dead state; depressed or dejected, as in one who feels half dead. Possibly a corruption of "alamort," meaning the same, or a reference to a "mort," the sound from a hunter's horn to signal the death of an animal being hunted. I'm all-a-mort these past two days; I know not if I shall live beyond the week.autem mort1. obsolete A woman who is married. "Autem" is an obsolete slang word for church, and "mort" is obsolete slang for a woman or girl. Your courtship is wasted, my friend, for she is an autem mort already.2. obsolete A beggar woman who carries about several children and affects to have great devotion to the church or religion, generally as a means of arousing sympathetic charity from others. "Autem" is an obsolete slang word for church, and "mort" is obsolete slang for a woman or girl. The autem morts with their wailing children cluster at the steps of the church for alms.See also: autem, mortMORT
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