morgue

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French morgue. The second sense developed from the first, via "a prison examination room", probably with reference to the haughty attitude of the jailers.

Pronunciation

Noun

morgue (plural morgues)

  1. (archaic) A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.
    • 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, Dover, published 1964, page 34:
      They being newcomers, free from the western morgue so soon caught by Oriental Europeans, were particularly civil to me, even wishing to mix me a strong draught; but I was not so fortunate with all on board.
  2. A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.
    Coordinate terms: deadhouse, mortuary
  3. (archaic) The archive and background information division of a newspaper.
    • 1921 July 2, Joseph F. Kwapil, Fourth Estate, page 5:
      Librarian Talks of Newspaper Morgue
    • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 109:
      Shand: get down to the Record and the Trib. See what they've got on Elliot in their morgues.

Translations

haughty attitude — see arrogance

Further reading

French

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Pronunciation

Noun

morgue f (plural morgues)

  1. morgue, mortuary (place where dead bodies are stored)
  2. morgue, coldness, disdain, arrogance (supercilious attitude)

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: morgue
  • → Turkish: morg

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: mor‧gue
  • Audio (BR)(file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French morgue.

Noun

morgue m (plural morgues)

  1. morgue
    Synonym: necrotério

Etymology 2

Verb

morgue

  1. inflection of morgar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ “morgue” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French morgue.

Pronunciation

Noun

morgue f (plural morgues)

  1. morgue

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