morpion

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/ˈmɔː(ɹ)piən/

noun

A louse.

OriginLatin pedis →
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Meanings

nounmorpion (plural morpions)

plural morpions

  1. obsoleteA louse.

    His Flea, his Morpion, and Punese, He 'ad gotten for his proper Ease

    1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinpedis“louse”
  2. Englishmorpion

From French, from mordre (“to bite”) + Latin pedis (“louse”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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