morné

See also: morne

English

Lion morné

Alternative forms

• morne, mortine

Etymology

From Old French morné. Possibly doublet of mourn.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɔːneɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /moɹ.neɪ/, [mo̞ɹ.neɪ]
• (without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /mɔː(ɹ)neɪ/

Adjective

morné (not comparable)

1. (heraldry, attitude of beasts) Rampant without teeth, beak, tongue, claws, etc.
   • 1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 218:

     A lion morné appears as a canting charge in the coat of the old French family of DE MORNAY : - Fascé d'argent, et de gueules, au lion morné de sable couronné d'or brochant sur le tout. I have noticed that the lion morné occurs in the arms of several old Breton families, KERBOURIOU, KERBESCAT, KERANGUEN, etc.

   • 1963, Julian Franklyn, Shield and Crest: An Account of the Art and Science of Heraldry, page 92:

     […] Self-appointed 'reformers' of heraldic terminology will contend that since lions morné and lions eviré have have barely an existence in current armory, the words themselves are mere textbook fill-up […]

References

• “morné”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Menor, enorm, meron, moner, more'n

French

Etymology

From Middle French morné, from Old French morné, from Old French morner, possibly from morne (“ring placed around a lance, sword, etc.”), ultimately from Latin mora (“obstacle, impediment”). Alternatively derived from Old Dutch *mornon, from Frankish *murnōn, from Proto-Germanic *murnōną, *murnaną (“to mourn”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to ponder, remember”). Cognate with English mourn.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

morné (feminine mornée, masculine plural mornés, feminine plural mornées)

1. (chiefly historical) morned (bearing a morne, a ring over the point of a lance, sword, etc.)
2. (heraldry) morné
3. (figuratively) blunted

References

• “morné”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.