moorish
/ˈmʊɹ.ɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the Moors or their culture.
adj
Of or pertaining to a style of Spanish and Portuguese architecture from the time of the Moors, characterized by the horseshoe arch and ornate, geometric decoration.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a moor; abounding in moorland.
Example Sentences
- "I joy to see you wear around your neck the holy relic I bestowed on you; — but what Moorish charmlet is that you wear beside it?"
- "Mar-a-Lago was quiet three days before Thanksgiving. Donald Trump’s Moorish palace seemed all but deserted late that morning, the seaside estate’s cavernous living room traversed intermittently by a junior staffer or silent aide."
- "Make heauen to frowne and euery fixed ſtarre To ſucke vp poiſon from the Mooriſh Fens, And poure it in this glorious Tyrants throat."
- "[G]low-worms, fire-drakes, meteors, ignis fatuus […] with many such that appear in moorish grounds, about churchyards, moist valleys, or where battles have been fought […] ."
- "He recommended to me to plant a considerable part of a large moorish farm which I had purchased, and he made several calculations of the expence and profit: for he delighted in exercising his mind on the science of numbers."
- "The Lent term had pulled me down, a week of modest enjoyment thereafter in town had finished the work; and I drank in the sharp moorish air like a thirsty man who has been forwandered among deserts."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Moor Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English Moorish From Moor + -ish.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmʊɹ.ɪʃ/
- British English: /ˈmʊə.ɹɪʃ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more Moorish (comparative)
most Moorish (superlative)