marcour

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/ˈmɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/

noun

The state of withering or wasting; leanness; loss of flesh.

OriginLatin marcor →
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Meanings

nounmarcour (uncountable)

alternative marcor

  1. uncountableThe state of withering or wasting; leanness; loss of flesh.

    considering the exolution and languor ensuing that act in some — the extenuation and marcour in others, and the visible acceleration it maketh of age in most, we cannot but think it much abridgeth our days.

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinmarcor
  2. Englishmarcour

From Latin marcor.

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APA

marcour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marcour

MLA

“marcour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marcour. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “marcour,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marcour.

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