marcour

English

Alternative forms

• marcor

Etymology

From Latin marcor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/
• Homophone: marker

Noun

marcour (uncountable)

1. The state of withering or wasting; leanness; loss of flesh.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     considering the exolution and languor ensuing that act in some — the extenuation and marcour in others, and the visible acceleration it maketh of age in most, we cannot but think it much abridgeth our days.

References

• “marcour”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.