Morion definition

môrē-ŏn

A variety of quartz, dark-brown to black in color.

noun

A black or blackish-brown form of smoky quartz.

noun

A crested metal helmet with a curved peak in front and back, worn by European soldiers in the 1500s and 1600s.

noun

A hatlike, crested helmet without a beaver or visor and with a curved brim coming to a peak in front and in back, worn in the 16th and 17th cent.

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(historical) A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bever. [from 16th c.]

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(mineralogy) A brown or black variety of quartz. [from 18th c.]

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Alternative Forms

Alternative Form of morion - murrion

Singular:

morion

Plural:

morions

French from Spanish morrión from morro snout, thick lip, rounded end of an object probably from Vulgar Latin murrum snout, of imitative origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
French from a postclassical Latin misreading of Latin mormorion a kind of dark precious stone perhaps from an unattested Greek word of unknown origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French morion, and its source, Spanish morrión, probably from morra (“crown of the head"). Perhaps compare moraine.

From Wiktionary
From French morion, from Late Latin morion, a misreading in some manuscripts for Latin mormorion.

From Wiktionary