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morkin

noun
/ˈmoɹkɪn/US/ˈmɔːkɪn/UK/mɔːɹkɪn/

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”).

  1. derived from morticinus
  2. derived from mortekine

Definitions

  1. An animal that has died of disease or by mischance.

    • Could hee^([sic]) not sacrifice / Some sorry morkin that unbidden dies, / Or meagre heifer, or some rotten ewe, […]

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