mormo

See also: Mormo

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μορμώ (Mormṓ, “a hideous she-monster, a bugbear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː(ɹ)məʊ/

Noun

mormo (plural mormos)

1. (obsolete) A bugbear; false terror.
   • 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe:

     Thus the Atheists, who derive the origin of religion from fear, first put an affrighful vizard upon the Deity, and then conclude it to be but a mormo or bugbear, the creature of fear and fancy.

   • 1727, William Warburton, Critical and Philosophical Enquiry into the Causes of Miracles:

     the mormos and bugbears of a frighted rabble

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “mormo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Galician

Alternative forms

• borme, bormo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mormo, from Latin morbus, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɾmo/ [ˈmɔɾ.mʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɔɾmo

Noun

mormo m (plural mormos)

1. (veterinary medicine) glanders
2. (medicine) cold
3. (medicine) tiredness
4. (medicine) pus

   Synonyms: brume, pus

5. mucus; snot

   Synonym: moco

Related terms

• amormar
• mormaceira
• mormeira
• mormoeira
• mormoso

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mormo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mormo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mormo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin morbus, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

Noun

mormo m (plural mormos)

1. (veterinary medicine) glanders
   • 1420, chapter IIII, in Álvaro Eans das Eiras, transl., Tratado de Albeitaria, translation of De Medicina Equorum by Giordano Ruffo, page 4:

     Remedio contra a friura da Cabeça que dizen mormo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Galician: mormo
• Portuguese: mormo

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “mormo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

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mormo

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mormo, from Latin morbus, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mer-. Doublet of morbo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʁ.mu/ [ˈmoɦ.mu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʁ.mu/ [ˈmoɦ.mu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmoɾ.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʁ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmoɻ.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmoɾ.mu/

• Hyphenation: mor‧mo

Noun

mormo m (plural mormos)

1. (veterinary medicine) glanders

   Synonym: lamparão

Related terms

• mormoso

References

• “mormo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “mormo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “mormo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “mormo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN