murrain

murrain meaning in Arabic

Examples of murrain in a sentence

• But vvhat the murrain have they to do vvith Quality, vvhy don't their Husbands make 'em mind their Shops?1705, [John Vanbrugh], The Confederacy. A Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 2:
• [A]t last, with a murrain to her, she cast her bewitching eye upon me.1711 July 20 (Gregorian calendar), [Richard Steele], “MONDAY, July 10, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 113; republished in Alexander...
• Ah—Murrain upon all Rogues and VVhores, I ſay; but I am grovvn ſo cunning novv, the Deel himſelf can't handle me.a. 1727 (date written), John Vanbrugh, A Journey to London. Being Part of a Comedy Written by the Late Sir John Vanbrugh, Knt. and Printed...
• Let him take what he gets, an' a murrain to him! he had no business to bring her here to torment us all, after the dear lady we have lost.1802, Joanna Baillie, “The Second Marriage: A Comedy. In Five Acts.”, in A Series of Plays: In which It is Attempted to Delineate the...

Synonyms of murrain

• abject
• filthy
• base
• beggarly
• blameworthy
• carrion
• cheap
• choical
• contemptible
• cringing

All synonyms of murrain

Forms of murrain

Origin of murrain

The noun is derived from Late Middle English morein, morine, moreyn (“(widespread) death; widespread sickness, plague; fatal disease; carnage; carrion”), from Anglo-Norman morine, mourine, moreyn (“death; widespread sickness, plague; carrion; cattle disease”), Middle French morine, and Old French morine, mourine, murine (“widespread sickness, plague; animal which has died from a disease”), from Late Latin morina (“plague”), probably from Latin morior (“to die; to decay, wither”). The adjective and adverb are derived from the noun. Cognates * Italian morìa (“plague”) * Latin morticīnus (“that has died naturally, dead; (relational) carrion”) (Medieval Latin morticinium) * Occitan moria (“death; plague”) * Old French morie (“death”) mourie (“flesh of animals that have died of disease”) (Middle French murie) * Portuguese morrinha (“cattle plague”) * Spanish morriña (“cattle plague”)

Words formed from murrain

• murrained
• murrainly
• steppe murrain
• water murrain

Questions about murrain

What does murrain mean?

Murrain means infectious disease; pestilence, plague; (countable) sometimes used in curses such as a murrain on someone: an outbreak of such a disease; a plague.

What is murrain in Arabic?

Murrain in Arabic is مَوْتَان (mawtān). See Murrain meaning in Arabic.

How do you use murrain in a sentence?

But vvhat the murrain have they to do vvith Quality, vvhy don't their Husbands make 'em mind their Shops?

What part of speech is murrain?

Murrain can be a noun, an adjective or an adverb.

How do you pronounce murrain?

Murrain is pronounced /ˈmʌɹ(ɪ)n/ (UK).

What is the plural of murrain?

The plural of murrain is murrains.