morkin en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɔːkɪn/ (UK)
- [ˈmo̞ɹkɪn] (General-American)
- /mɔːɹkɪn/ rhotic
- /ˈmoɹkɪn/ (General-American)
- /mɔːkɪn/ non-rhotic
Etymology
Probably from mort + -kin (compare mortling); or from Old French mortekine, a variant of mortecine, from Medieval Latin morticinus. Compare also Swedish murken (“putrefied”), Icelandic morkinn (“putrid”).
Meanings
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(obsolete) An animal that has died of disease or by mischance.
Could hee^([sic]) not sacrifice / Some sorry morkin that unbidden dies, / Or meagre heifer, or some rotten ewe, […]
1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| morkins | Number=Plur | lexicographic |