mort

(môrt)

noun

Origin: OFr < L mors, death: see mortal

noun

Dialectal a great quantity or number

Origin: ? altered (infl. by mort) < dial. merth, excess < ON mergth, a multitude; akin to margr, much

See mort in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The note sounded on a hunting horn to announce the death of a deer.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, death

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin mors, mort-; see mer- in Indo-European roots

noun

A great number or quantity.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from mortal

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