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Morgue vs Morguelike - What's the difference?

morgue | morguelike |

As a noun morgue

is a supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.

As an adjective morguelike is

resembling or characteristic of a morgue.

morgue

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.
  • * 1855 , Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah , Dover 1964, p. 34:
    • They being newcomers, free from the western morgue so soon caught by Oriental Europeans, were particularly civil to me, even wishing to mix me a strong draught; but I was not so fortunate with all on board.
  • A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation.
  • The archive and background information division of a newspaper.
    • :: Kwapil, Joseph F. (2 July 1921) "Librarian Talks of Newspaper Morgue", Fourth Estate page 5.

    morguelike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a morgue.