Значення

значень: 9
  1. (злічуване, незлічуване)Death; especially, the death of game in hunting.

  2. (злічуване, незлічуване)A note sounded on a horn at the death of a deer.

  3. (Шотландія, Британія, злічуване, діалектне, незлічуване)The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease.

  4. (злічуване, незлічуване)A variety of dummy whist for three players.

  5. (злічуване, незлічуване)The exposed or dummy hand of cards in the game of mort.

  6. A great quantity or number.

    1937 (written, first published in 1949), J. R. R. Tolkien, Farmer Giles of Ham As it was, he still had a mort of treasure at home in his cave.

  7. (інтернет, розмовне)A player in a multi-user dungeon who does not have special administrator privileges and whose character can be killed.

  8. A three-year-old salmon.

  9. (Британія, застаріле)A woman; a female.

Приклади

речень: 5
  1. The French call orgasms "la petite mort" (the little death).

  2. When I was a kid, I loved reading Mort & Phil.

  3. When I was little, I thought the Mort & Phil comics were hilarious.

  4. Whenever he went to the bathroom, he would bring along a Mort & Phil comic book.

  5. Whenever she went to the bathroom, she would bring along a Mort & Phil comic book.

Походження

From Middle English mort, from Old French mort (“death”). Compare Icelandic margt, neuter

From Middle English mort, from Old French mort (“death”).

Compare Icelandic margt, neuter of margr (“many”).

Clipping of mortal.

UK circa 1560–1890. Unknown. Documented possibilities include:

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