"morkin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmoɹkɪn/ [General-American], [ˈmo̞ɹkɪn] [General-American], /ˈmɔːkɪn/ [UK], /mɔːɹkɪn/ (note: rhotic), /mɔːkɪn/ (note: non-rhotic) Forms: morkins [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mort|kin}} mort + -kin, {{der|en|fro|mortekine}} Old French mortekine, {{der|en|ML.|morticinus}} Medieval Latin morticinus, {{cog|sv|murken||putrefied}} Swedish murken (“putrefied”), {{cog|is|morkinn||putrid}} Icelandic morkinn (“putrid”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} morkin (plural morkins)
  1. (obsolete) An animal that has died of disease or by mischance. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Death

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "c. 1600, John Ayliffe, Satires:",
          "text": "Could hee^([sic]) not sacrifice / Some sorry morkin that unbidden dies, / Or meagre heifer, or some rotten ewe, […]",
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        "(obsolete) An animal that has died of disease or by mischance."
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔːkɪn/",
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      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/mɔːɹkɪn/",
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        "(obsolete) An animal that has died of disease or by mischance."
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        "General-American"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔːkɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔːɹkɪn/",
      "note": "rhotic"
    },
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      "ipa": "/mɔːkɪn/",
      "note": "non-rhotic"
    }
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}

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