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Moorish
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moorish moreish
English
Etymology
en :af Moor -ish + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈmʊə.ɹɪʃ/ /ˈmɔː.ɹɪʃ/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Moorish.wav Southern England
en /ˈmʊɹ.ɪʃ/ /ˈmɔɹ.ɪʃ/ US
en ɔːɹɪʃ 2
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Moors or their culture.
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?
en architecture 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.
en Donald Trump 2024 TIME Person of the Year https://time.com/7200212/person-of-the-year-2024-donald-trump/ Eric Cortellessa December 12, 2024 Time (magazine) Time 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. 20 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20241222110649/https://time.com/7200212/person-of-the-year-2024-donald-trump/ 22 December 2024
Derived terms
en Moorish arch Moorish Science Moorishly Moorishness Morris morris morris dance
Translations
of or pertaining to Moors
Catalan: ca moresc
Czech: cs maurský
Danish: da maurisk
Finnish: fi maurilainen
French: fr mauresque
Galician: gl mourisco
German: de maurisch
Hungarian: hu mór
Irish: ga Múrach
Italian: it moresco
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb maurisk
Nynorsk: nn maurisk
Polish: pl mauryjski
Portuguese: pt mouro, pt mourisco
Romanian: ro mauresc
Russian: ru маврита́нский
Slovak: sk maurský
Spanish: es morisco
Swedish: sv morisk
Welsh: cy Mwraidd
of or pertaining to architecture of Moors in Spain
Finnish: fi maurilainen
Galician: gl mourisco
German: de maurisch
Irish: ga Múrach
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb maurisk
Nynorsk: nn maurisk
Russian: ru маврита́нский
en relational adjectives