morion

¹

[mawr-ee-on, mohr-]

noun

1. an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.

morion

²

[mawr-ee-on, mohr-]

noun

1. a variety of smoky quartz of a dark-brown or nearly black color.

morion

¹

/ ˈmɔːrɪən /

noun

1. a 16th-century helmet with a brim and wide comb

morion

²

/ ˈmɔːrɪən /

noun

1. a smoky brown, grey, or blackish variety of quartz, used as a gemstone

Word History and Origins

Origin of morion¹

1555–65; < Middle French < Spanish morrión, equivalent to morr ( o ) top of head + -ión noun suffix

Origin of morion²

1740–50; < Latin mōrion, misreading of mormorion a kind of crystal

Word History and Origins

Origin of morion¹

C16: via Old French from Spanish morrión, perhaps from morra crown of the head

Origin of morion²

C18: via French from Latin mōrion, a misreading of mormorion

Example Sentences

This year, they’re making a big change: the traditional, metal helmet — called a morion — is being replaced with ones that are 3D printed.

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The Armoury, where the small boy who was later to be Sir Lancelot was standing with his morion, was the largest single room in the castle of Ben wick.

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Dioscorides describes a wine, called morion, which was made from the leaves and the root of mandragora, and possessed properties resembling those of chloral hydrate.

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At All Souls, Oxford, is a carving of a warrior-visaged person wearing a morion, and armed with a falchion and buckler.

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XX As faint and exhausted from the house he sprang, What redoubled sword-strokes on his morion rang!

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