morgue

morgue

morgue (plural morgues)

1. 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.

2. A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation.

	obitorio
	place for dead people

	camera mortuaria
	place for dead people

Altri significati:

A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.

A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation.

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