murrion

English

Adjective

murrion (comparative more murrion, superlative most murrion)

1. (obsolete) Infected with or killed by murrain.
   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     The fold stands empty in the drowned field, / And Crowes are fatted with the murrion flocke,

Noun

murrion (plural murrions)

1. Alternative form of morion