Morisco

morisco English Alternative forms en Moresco Etymology Borrowed from en es morisco Moorish, from es moro Moor. Pronunciation en /məˈrɪskəʊ/ Noun s es en historical A Moor, especially one who had converted to Christianity. en 1901 w:Henry Charles Lea The Moriscos of Spain: Their Conversion and Expulsion https://archive.org/details/moriscosofspaint00leahuoft/page/284 285 In May, 1600, the Count of Benavente, then viceroy of Valencia, was ordered to report whether the Moriscos of that kingdom had any intelligence with France. en 2014 Trevor J. Dadson Tolerance and Coexistence in Early Modern Spain: Old Christians and Moriscos in the Campo de Calatrava Boydell & Brewer Ltd 9781855662735 123 It is not uncommon for the reader of many histories of the expulsion of the Moriscos, both those written at the time and more modern ones, to be left with the impression that the expulsion was an enterprise carried out without opposition, an act accepted both by the Moriscos, who directly suffered from it, en architecture The Moorish style of architecture. en 2008 W. Eugene George Lost Architecture of the Rio Grande Borderlands Texas A&M University Press 9781603440110 https://books.google.com/books?id=KG9SJYgz8eAC&lpg=PA28&dq=%22Morisco%22%20architecture&pg=PA28#v=onepage&q=%22Morisco%22%20architecture&f=false 28 Ambrosio de Letinez, a fictitious hero of the early nineteenth century, accurately described the typical architecture of northern Mexico: “The style of building is the Morisco … throughout … Mexico; that is to say, the houses are almost universally one story high, with flat terrace roofs and few windows to the street. ” en dance obsolete The morris dance. en 1601 John Marston act 4, scene 1 w:What You Will Your wit skips a morisco; but, by the brightest spangle of tire, I vouchsafe you entire unaffected favour. en dance obsolete A morris dancer. en 1591 w:William Shakespeare w:Henry VI, Part 1 act 3, scene 1 I have seen / Him caper upright like a wild Morisco, / Shaking the bloody darts as he his bells. Proper noun The Moorish language. en 1983 Robert J. Di Pietro; William Frawley; Alfred Wedel Selected Papers University of Delaware Press 9780874131901 https://books.google.com/books?id=BHolBEGgbzQC&lpg=PA69&dq=%22Morisco%22%20dialect&pg=PA69#v=onepage&q=%22Morisco%22%20dialect&f=false 69 But what makes him different from other comic figures are his Moorish customs and his Morisco dialect. en 2000 J. N. Hillgarth The Mirror of Spain, 1500-1700: The Formation of a Myth University of Michigan Press 9780472110926 https://books.google.com/books?id=vXTs8jJiuu8C&lpg=PA81&dq=%22Morisco%22%20spoken&pg=PA81#v=onepage&q=%22Morisco%22%20spoken&f=false 81 As well as noting the existence of a language different from Castilian in Valencia and Catalonia, he discusses Basque at some length, refers to the “Morisco” spoken in the Alpujarras near Granada, and is probably the first foreigner to mention a group that can be identified with the Mauregatos. Further reading Italian it:+ (disambigua) Etymology it Proper noun mfbysense it Anagrams it cimoors morsico morsicò