Morgue Definition
môrg
noun
A place where the bodies of unknown dead persons or those dead of unknown causes are kept to be examined, identified, etc. before burial or cremation.
Webster's New World
The collection of back numbers, photographs, clippings, etc. kept in the office of a newspaper, magazine, etc.
Webster's New World
A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- dead room
- mortuary
- file
- photographic collection
- reference room
- archives
- charnel-house
- deadhouse
- the undertaker's
- funeral-parlor
- funeral-home
Other Word Forms of Morgue
Noun
Singular:
morguePlural:
morguesOrigin of Morgue
French from la Morgue building in Paris used as a morgue probably from morgue haughty manner from Old French morguer to look at solemnly from Vulgar Latin murricāre to make a face from murrum muzzle
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Borrowing from French morgue. The second sense developed from the first, via "a prison examination room", probably with reference to the haughty attitude of the jailers.
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