English Explanatory Dictionary

morkin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An animal that has died of disease or by mischance.

Pronunciation

/ˈmoɹkɪn/ [ˈmo̞ɹkɪn] /ˈmɔːkɪn/ /mɔːɹkɪn/ /mɔːkɪn/

Word forms

morkin morkins

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”).

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