Definition of "morgue"

morgue

/mɔːɡ/

noun
plural morgues
1. (archaic) A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.
  Quotations
  They being newcomers, free from the western morgue so soon caught by Oriental Europeans, were particularly civil to me, even wishing to mix me a strong draught; but I was not so fortunate with all on board.
  1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, Dover, published 1964, page 34
2. (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.
3. (archaic) The archive and background information division of a newspaper.
  Quotations
  Librarian Talks of Newspaper Morgue
  1921 July 2, Joseph F. Kwapil, Fourth Estate, page 5
  Shand: get down to the Record and the Trib. See what they've got on Elliot in their morgues.
  2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 109