morfound
Catarrh or coldlike illnessCatarrh or coldlike illness.
Meaning
1 senses(obsolete, rare, uncountable)Catarrh or coldlike illness.
Origin
From Middle English morfounden, morefounden (“to take cold”), from Middle French morfondreFrom Middle English morfounden, morefounden (“to take cold”), from Middle French morfondre (“to chill, to cool”), from Franco-Provençal mor, more (“snout”) + Middle French fondre (“to melt”), where the first part comes from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”), and the second from Latin fundere. Cognate with French morfondre.
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