morkin

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points: 12
Words With Friends: 14
Letters: 6

Pronunciation

/ˈmoɹkɪn/

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/ˈmoɹkɪn/ · [ˈmo̞ɹkɪn] · /ˈmɔːkɪn/ (UK) · /mɔːɹkɪn/ · /mɔːkɪn/

Definition of morkin

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(obsolete)An animal that has died of disease or by mischance.

“Could hee^([sic]) not sacrifice / Some sorry morkin that unbidden dies, / Or meagre heifer, or some rotten ewe, […]”

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Etymology

Probably from mort + -kin (compare mortling); or from Old French mortekine, a variant of mortecine, from Medieval Latin morticinus. Compare also Swedish murken (“putrefied”), Icelandic morkinn (“putrid”).