Emily Dickinson Lexicon

AR-MOR'IC, or AR-MOR'IC-AN, a. [Celtic ar, upon, and mor, the sea; that is, maritime.]

Designating the north-western part of France, formerly called Armorica, afterward Bretagne, or Britanny. This part of France is peopled by inhabitants who speak a dialect of the Celtic. It is usually supposed their ancestors were refugees or colonists from England.