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.

1. lard.

Mort

⁴

[ mawrt ]

noun

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

mort

¹

/ mɔːt /

noun

1. a great deal; a great many

mort

²

/ mɔːt /

noun

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

Word 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mort¹

possibly a shortened form of mortal used as an intensifier

Origin of mort²

C16: via Old French from Latin mors death

Example Sentences

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

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Literature

A French officer, Augustin Cochin, spent six days in the Mort Homme trenches, “the last two days soaked in icy mud, under terrible bombardment, without any shelter other than the narrowness of the trench....I arrived there with 175 men, I returned with 34, several half mad...not replying any more when I spoke to them.”

From Literature

In 2015, an email from the party's then chairman of its national disciplinary committee, Simon Mort, said that pursuing "any kind of inquiry" into an alleged "Islamist plot" was the "road to nowhere".

From BBC

Related Words

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