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morne.

gloomy, glum, dismal, dreary

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/mɔʁn/
  1. 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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