murrain

murrain

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman mourine, moreyn, Middle French morine, from Medieval Latin morticinium, ultimately from a form of Latin mori (“to die”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌɹɪn/

Noun

murrain (countable and uncountable, plural murrains)

1. (archaic) Plague, infectious disease, pestilence.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iii:

     For heauen it selfe shall their successe enuy, / And them with plagues and murrins pestilent / Consume, till all their warlike puissaunce be spent.

2. (now chiefly historical, veterinary medicine) Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle such as anthrax.

Translations

disease of cattle

Galician: morriña (gl) f Greek: επιζωοτία (el) f (epizootía) Irish: Old Irish: moirtchenn m or n

Polish: mór (pl) m, pomór m Portuguese: morrinha (pt) f Russian: падёж (ru) m (padjóž), мор (ru) m (mor) Spanish: morriña (es) f