Mourn

Pronunciation

• enPR: mô(r)n, IPA: /mɔː(r)n/
• Homophones: morn, morne, mourne
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)n

Alternative forms

• morne 14th - 15th centuries

Origin

Old English murnan, cognate with French morne ("gloomy").

Full definition of mourn

Verb

1. To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
• Bible, Genesis xxiii. 2Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
• ShakespeareWe mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood?

Related terms

• mourner
• mournful
• mourning

Noun

1. (now literary) Sorrow, grief.
• 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book II:Sire ryght now com rydynge thys way a knyght makynge grete morne, for what cause I can not telle ....
2. A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

Anagrams

• Munro