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morné

UK/mɔːneɪ/US/moɹ.neɪ/

morné adjective: rampant without teeth, beak, tongue, claws, etc.

morné: rampant without teeth, beak, tongue, claws, etc
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Adjective

morné (not comparable)

  1. (attitude of beasts) Rampant without teeth, beak, tongue, claws, etc.
    • 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...1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 218
    • […] 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 […]1963, Julian Franklyn, Shield and Crest: An Account of the Art and Science of Heraldry, page 92

Forms of morné

alternative formmorne
alternative formmortine

Origin of morné

From French morné. Possibly doublet of mourn.

Questions about morné

What does morné mean?
Morné means rampant without teeth, beak, tongue, claws, etc.
What part of speech is morné?
Morné is an adjective.
How do you pronounce morné?
Morné is pronounced /mɔːneɪ/ (UK).

Words near morné in the dictionary

  1. morntime
  2. mornward
  3. mornyng
  4. mornynge
  5. mornyngs
  6. morné
  7. Moro
  8. Moro Province
  9. Moro reflex
  10. Moro reflexes
  11. Morocborocan

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