Morgue
WordNet
noun
(1) A building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
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Etymology
From . The second sense developed from the first, via "a prison examination room", probably with reference to the haughty attitude of the jailers.
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.
- 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, Dover 1964, p. 34:
- A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation.