mourne
See also: Mourne
English
editEtymology 1
editSee morne.
Pronunciation
edit- (US) IPA(key): /moɹn/, [mo̞ɹn]
- (UK) IPA(key): /mɔːn/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
- Homophones: morne, mourn; morn (horse–hoarse merger)
Noun
editmourne (plural mournes)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “mourne”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Etymology 2
editVerb
editmourne (third-person singular simple present mournes, present participle mourning, simple past and past participle mourned or mourn'd)
- Obsolete spelling of mourn.
- a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
- Therefore mourne boldly my inke; for while the lookes vpon you, your blacknesse will shine