murse

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Etymology 1 [edit]

Blend of man and purse

Noun [edit]

murse (plural murses)

  1. (US slang) a man's purse
    • 2009, Deborah Gregory, Catwalk: Strike a Pose:
      But I could use it as a murse for the show if you're parting with that ole thing.
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Etymology 2 [edit]

Blend of male and nurse

Noun [edit]

murse (plural murses)

  1. (US slang) a male nurse
    • 2003, rec.arts.tv, Usenet:
      Scrubs used this one recently, where Elliot couldn't cope with the idea of dating a male nurse ("murse") and Carla was having trouble accepting Turk's marriage proposal:

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Lojban [edit]

Etymology [edit]

In Lojbanized spelling.

  • Chinese: muse — 暮色 [mù sè]
  • English: glimer — glimmer
  • Hindi: bramamuxurt
  • Spanish: penumbr — penumbra
  • Russian: sumirki — сумерки [sumerki]
  • Arabic: nurul

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈmurse/

Gismu [edit]

murse

  1. glimmering; x1 is the [astronomical] twilight/dawn/dusk/half-light/glimmering of day x2 at location x3.

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