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mort

1

[ mawrt ]

noun

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


mort

2

[ mawrt ]

noun

  1. a three-year-old salmon.

mort

3

[ mawrt ]

noun

British Dialect.

Mort

4

[ mawrt ]

noun

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

mort

1

/ ɔː /

noun

  1. a call blown on a hunting horn to signify the death of the animal hunted
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mort

2

/ ɔː /

noun

  1. a great deal; a great many
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

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
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of mort1

C16: via Old French from Latin mors death

Origin of mort2

possibly a shortened form of mortal used as an intensifier
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Got it, we’re not here to get serious — and as the overbearing moans make us wonder if they mean pleasure or pain, it’s a cheeky reminder that there would be no la petite mort without la mort.

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

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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.”

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He and Mort Garson used the Moog to help create a moderate-sized hit album by the Zodiac, “Cosmic Sounds.”

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In April, the Germans attempted to capture a strategic height named Le Mort Homme, Dead Man’s Hill, but were pushed back before they could reach the summit.

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