morne.
gloomy, glum, dismal, dreary
Meaning & usage
gloomy, glum, dismal, dreary
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French morne, from Old French morne, murne, (compare Old French morner (“to mourn”)), from Frankish *murn, from Proto-Germanic *murnaz. Cognate with English mourn, Old Norse morna (“to pine away”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌽 (maurnan).
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