Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - morgue
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(morgues) A morgue is a building or a room in a hospital where dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated, or before they are identified or examined. = mortuary N-COUNT MORIBUND If you describe something as moribund, you mean that it is in a very bad condition. (FORMAL) ...the moribund economy. ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: French Date: 1821 1. a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy 2. a collection of reference works and files of reference material in a newspaper or news periodical office ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a mortuary. 2 (in a newspaper office) a room or file of miscellaneous information, esp. for future obituaries. Etymology: F, orig. the name of a Paris mortuary ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. морг, покойницкая 2. ам. сл. (в редакции газеты) справочный отдел; архив; "морг", отдел хранения некрологов известных лиц, написанных до их смерти 3. фр. надменность, высокомерие ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I fr. noun 1) морг, покойницкая 2) amer.; sl. отдел хранения справочного материала в редакции газеты II fr. noun надменность, высокомерие ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1821, from Fr. Morgue, building in Paris where bodies were exposed for identification; originally the place where new prisoners were displayed to keepers to establish their identification. Probably from morgue "haughtiness," originally "a sad expression, solemn look," from O.Fr. morguer "look solemnly," from V.L. *murricare "to make a face, pout," from *murrum "muzzle, snout." Adopted as a general term in U.S., 1880s. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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