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

morion

²

/ ˈmɔːrɪən /

noun

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

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

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

Origin of morion²

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

Example Sentences

Juan Pizarro had been wounded previously in a skirmish and on account of this wound was unable to wear his morion.

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There is a light leather helmet of the morion type, dated sixteenth century, in the Zeughaus at Berlin.

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The Morion and the Cabasset are both helmets worn by foot-soldiers, and appear about the middle of the sixteenth century.

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He has himself made the "morion" of the ancients, dispensing the prescription of Dioscorides and Pliny.

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In fact, morion was originally made from the Atropa belladonna, not from its ally the Atropa mandragora.

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