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morgues

morgues is the plural of morgue.

Meaning of morgue

Noun

morgue (plural morgues)

  1. (archaic) A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.
    • 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.1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, Dover, published 1964, page 34
  2. A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.
  3. (dated, slang) The archive and background information division of a newspaper.
    • Librarian Talks of Newspaper Morgue1921 July 2, Joseph F. Kwapil, Fourth Estate, page 5

Questions about morgues

What is morgues the plural of?
Morgues is the plural of morgue.

Words near morgues in the dictionary

  1. Morgon
  2. Morgonaz
  3. Morgons
  4. morgue
  5. morguelike
  6. morgues
  7. Mori
  8. mori kei
  9. moria
  10. Moriac
  11. Moriah

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