mort

¹ American  

[mawrt] / mɔrt /

noun

1. Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.

2. Obsolete. death.

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mort ² American  

[mawrt] / mɔrt /

noun

1. a three-year-old salmon.

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mort ³ American  

[mawrt] / mɔrt /

noun

British Dialect.

1. lard.

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Mort ⁴ American  

[mawrt] / mɔrt /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Mortimer or Morton.

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mort ¹ British  

/ mɔːt /

noun

1. a call blown on a hunting horn to signify the death of the animal hunted

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mort ² British  

/ mɔːt /

noun

1. a great deal; a great many

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Etymology

Origin of mort¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Middle French, Old French, from Latin mort- (stem of mors ) “death”

Origin of mort²

First recorded in 1520–30; origin uncertain

Origin of mort³

First recorded in 1600–10; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Try as the other contestants may, they simply can’t match Richter’s jovial expressiveness, or the easy win of having him speak a few lines in the voice of Mort, the mouse lemur in the “Madagascar” films.

From Salon

"We will miss him dearly," co-presidents Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein said in a statement.

From BBC

In a 1959 Time article, the magazine described Lehrer and fellow comedians Lenny Bruce and Mort Sahl as the symbols of a new “sick” comedy.

From Los Angeles Times

A self-described “outlaw cartoonist ... outlaw writer,” Feiffer was more attuned to the darker comic style of Mort Sahl and Lenny Bruce.

From Los Angeles Times

Of all the revolutionary comedians of the era such as Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce and Shelley Berman, Nachman wrote, “Newhart was the most Everyman of them all — nonethnic, nonabrasive, non-angst-ridden, non-you-name-it. ... His mild-mannered, quizzical nature worked like a sedative for the increasing craziness of the time.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• death
• decease
• demise
• end
• expiration
• loss of life
• passing