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mort
I. \ˈmȯ(ə)rt, ˈmȯ(ə)t, usu -d.+V\ noun
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Etymology: probably alteration (influenced by Middle French mort death, from Latin mort-, mors) of Middle English mot note of a horn, from Middle French, note of a horn, word, saying — more at mot
1. : a note sounded on a hunting horn when a deer is killed
< the hunters, with their horns and voices, whooping and blowing a mort — Sir Walter Scott >
2. : the act of putting to death : killing
< mort of the English stag — Glenway Wescott >
II. noun
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Etymology: origin unknown
1. archaic : girl, woman
< male gypsies all, not a mort among them — Ben Jonson >
2. archaic : mistress, sweetheart
III. \ˈmȯrt\ noun
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Etymology: probably alteration of obsolete English morkin animal that has died a natural death, from Middle English mortkyn, probably modification (influenced by Middle English -kyn, -kin -kin) of Middle French morticine carrion, from Late Latin morticina, from Latin, feminine of morticinus dead of natural causes, from mort-, mors death
chiefly Scotland : the skin or fleece of a sheep that has died a natural death
IV. noun
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Etymology: origin unknown
dialect England : the fat of a hog from which lard is made : lard
V. \ˈmȯ(ə)rt, ˈmȯ(ə)t, usu -d.+V\ noun
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Etymology: French or Latin; French, from mort, adjective, dead, from Latin mortuus, past participle of mori to die
: a dead body : corpse
< unburied mort — Henry James †1916 >
VI. noun
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Etymology: probably back-formation from mortal (I)
: a great quantity or number : a great deal : abundance
< had a mort of things to be thankful for — Ellen Glasgow >
< after the mort of trouble I took — James Still > |