Morion Definition

môrē-ŏn
noun
A hatlike, crested helmet without a beaver or visor and with a curved brim coming to a peak in front and in back, worn in the 16th and 17th cent.
Webster's New World
A variety of quartz, dark-brown to black in color.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • cabasset

Other Word Forms of Morion

Noun

Singular:
morion
Plural:
morions

Origin of Morion

  • French from Spanish morrión from morro snout, thick lip, rounded end of an object probably from Vulgar Latin murrum snout, of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French from a postclassical Latin misreading of Latin mormorion a kind of dark precious stone perhaps from an unattested Greek word of unknown origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French morion, and its source, Spanish morrión, probably from morra (“crown of the head"). Perhaps compare moraine.

    From Wiktionary

  • From French morion, from Late Latin morion, a misreading in some manuscripts for Latin mormorion.

    From Wiktionary

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