mortling
American
[mawrt-ling]
/ ˈmɔrt lɪŋ /
noun
British.
Etymology
Origin of mortling
1400–50; earlier morling, late Middle English; probably by suffix substitution from mor ( t ) kin dead animal < Anglo-French mortekine, for Old French mortecine (≪ Latin morticīnus (of an animal) having died naturally) with final conformed to Middle English -kin -kin; -ling 1
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