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AR15.COM
7/5/2005 7:23:53 PM EDT
Did the word come from Poe's story?
7/5/2005 7:27:44 PM EDT
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[French, from la Morgue, building in Paris used as a morgue, probably from morgue, haughty manner, from Old French morguer, to look at solemnly, from Vulgar Latin *murricre, to make a face, from *murrum, muzzle.]