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Morion vs Morpion - What's the difference?

morion | morpion |

As nouns the difference between morion and morpion

is that morion is (historical) a kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bever or morion can be (mineralogy) a brown or black variety of quartz while morpion is (obsolete) a louse.

morion

English

(wikipedia morion)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) morion, and its source, (etyl) . Perhaps compare moraine.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (historical) A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bever.
  • *, II.9:
    • The Roman footmen caried not their morions , sword and target only, as for other armes (saith Cicero ) they were so accustomed to weare them continually, that they hindered them no more than their limbs.
  • * 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , p.12:
    • The morion is a kind of open helmet, without visor or bever, somewhat resembling a hat; it was commonly worn by the harqubussiers and musqueteers.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) morion, from morion, a misreading in some manuscripts for (etyl) mormorion.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineralogy) A brown or black variety of quartz.

    • Anagrams

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    morpion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A louse.
    • (Hudibras)
    (Webster 1913) ----