Definitions For Mort

Etymology 1

Borrowed from .

Noun

MORT. (countable and uncountable, plural MORTs) Death; especially, the death of game in hunting. A note sounded on a horn at the death of a deer. (UK, Scotland, dialect) The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease. (card games) A variety of dummy whist for three players. (card games) The exposed or dummy hand of cards in the game of mort.

Derived terms

mort cloth mort stone

Etymology 2

Compare , neuter of margr, , many.

Noun

MORT (plural ?) A great quantity or number.

Etymology 3

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Noun

MORT (plural MORTs) (internet, informal) A player in a multi-user dungeon who does not have special administrator privileges and whose character can be killed.

Antonyms

immort

Etymology 4

Uncertain.

Noun

MORT (plural MORTs) A three-year-old salmon.

Etymology 5

UK circa 1560–1890. . Documented possibilities include: From mort, gloss=A three-year-old salmon, by equation of women with fish. From From From From, or cognate with, , from . From From . Cognate with .

Alternative forms

mot, mott

Noun

MORT (plural MORTs) (obsolete, UK, thieves) A woman; a female.

Synonyms

See thesaurus:woman

Derived terms

autem mort ben mort dimber mort gentry mort kinchin mort queer mort mort dell mort wap-apace nazie mort rum mort strolling mort walking mort wapping mort

Anagrams

mTOR