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morgue

morgue

noun MORG Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Also means

arrogance, haughtiness

Usage Note

Morgue has two quite distinct senses: the place where bodies are kept (la morgue de l'hôpital) and, in a more literary register, a cold haughtiness of manner. The latter sense, once common in the 17th–19th centuries, is now rare in modern speech but still appears in literature.

Examples

"Le corps a été transporté à la morgue."

Natural Translation

The body was taken to the morgue.

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