morpion
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
French, from mordre (“to bite”) + Latin pedis (“louse”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
morpion (plural morpions)
- (obsolete) A louse.
- 1662, [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:
- His Flea, his Morpion, and Punese,
He 'ad gotten for his proper Ease
References[edit]
“morpion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
morpion m (plural morpions)
- (in the plural) crabs, pubic lice
- brat, sprog, unruly child
- tic-tac-toe (US), noughts and crosses (UK)
Further reading[edit]
- “morpion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
morpion m (plural morpions)
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