morion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒɹɪən/

Etymology 1

From Middle French morion, and its source, Spanish morrión, probably from morra (“crown of the head”). Perhaps compare moraine.

Noun

morion (plural morions)

1. (historical) A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bever. [from 16th c.]
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
     , II.9:

     The Roman footmen caried not their morions, sword and target only, as for other armes (saith Cicero) they were so accustomed to weare them continually, that they hindered them no more than their limbs […].

   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, p.12:

     The morion is a kind of open helmet, without visor or bever, somewhat resembling a hat; it was commonly worn by the harqubussiers and musqueteers.

Translations

type of helmet

Basque: morrioi Belarusian: марыён (maryjón) Catalan: morrió Czech: morion Dutch: morion (nl) French: morion (fr) German: Morion Italian: morione Japanese: モリオン (morion)

Korean: 모리온 (morion) Lithuanian: morionas Norwegian: morion Polish: morion Portuguese: morrião m, bacinete m Russian: морион (morion) Spanish: morrión (es) Swedish: morion

Smoky quartz/morion

Etymology 2

From French morion, from Late Latin morion, a misreading in some manuscripts for Latin mormorion.

Anagrams

• Moroni, room in

Etymology

From Spanish morrión, from morro (“spherical object”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔʁjɔ̃/

Noun

morion m (plural morions)

1. morion

Further reading

• “morion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

morion m (plural morions)

1. morion