morgue

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French morgue. The second sense developed from the first, via "a prison examination room", probably with reference to the haughty attitude of the jailers.

1. A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.

   “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.”

2. A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.
3. The archive and background information division of a newspaper.

   “Librarian Talks of Newspaper Morgue”

   “Shand: get down to the Record and the Trib. See what they've got on Elliot in their morgues.”