morfondre

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French morfondre, the first part being from Franco-Provençal mor, more (“snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”), and the second part from Latin fundere, the infinitive of Latin fundo. Cognate with English morfound. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɔʁ.fɔ̃dʁ/ === Verb === morfondre (transitive, dated) to depress, bore (transitive, dated) to cool Le vent glacial nous morfondait. ― The glacial wind chilled us. (reflexive) to mope around (wander or linger aimlessly) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “morfondre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From mor (“snout”) +‎ fondre. The first part comes from Franco-Provençal mor, more (“snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”), and the second from Latin fundere. === Verb === morfondre (unusually in the past participle morfondu) to chill; to cool to fatigue; to tire ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== French: morfondre → Middle English: morfounden, morefoundenEnglish: morfound === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “morfondre”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. morfondre on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)