Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

morion

/ˈmɒɹɪən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: mori-on
IPA: /ˈmɒɹɪən/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bevor.

noun

A brown or black variety of quartz.

Example Sentences

"The Roman footmen caried not their morions, sword and target only, as for other armes (saith Cicero) they were so accustomed to weare them continually, that they hindered them no more than their limbs[…]."
"This unlucky defect, however, his industry supplied by a vizor, which he made of paste-board, and fixed so artificially to the morrion, that it looked like an intire helmet."
"The morion is a kind of open helmet, without visor or bever, somewhat resembling a hat; it was commonly worn by the harqubussiers and musqueteers."

Etymology

From Middle French morion, from, Spanish morrión, from morra (“upper part of the head”), from morro (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”). Related to moraine (“an amassment of rocks on a glacier”).

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: morion, morrión, *murrum, mōrion, mormoriōn

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈmɒɹɪən/

Inflected Forms

morions (plural)

Synonyms

cabasset

Questions

How do you pronounce morion?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɒɹɪən/.
What does morion mean?: A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bevor.
Where does morion come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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