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noun, feminine

morue

/mɔ.ʁy/

noun, feminine/mɔ.ʁy/plural: morues

cod; a whore; a broad; an ugly person; an oaf

Synonyms: thon

From Old French morlue, a compound of Breton mor (“sea”) + Old French lus (“pike”). Cognate with the specific name in Gadus morhua. Likewise, cognate with English milwell (an old word spelled many ways before English spelling was standardized).