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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mortling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mortling
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An animal, such as a sheep, that has died of disease or privation.

British usage; Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Wool taken from a dead sheep.

British usage; Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From mort + -ling. Compare morkin.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

mortlings (plural)

Synonyms

morling

Questions

What does mortling mean?
An animal, such as a sheep, that has died of disease or privation.
Where does mortling come from?
From mort + -ling. Compare morkin.

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