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morkin

/ˈmoɹkɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
morkin
IPA
/ˈmoɹkɪn/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An animal that has died of disease or by mischance.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmoɹkɪn/
  • British English: /ˈmɔːkɪn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

morkins (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce morkin?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmoɹkɪn/.
What does morkin mean?
An animal that has died of disease or by mischance.
Where does morkin come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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