moory
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
moory (comparative more moory, superlative most moory)
- Resembling a moor; swampy; boggy.
- 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708, →OCLC:
- In Eſſex moory Land is thought to be the moſt proper, tho several other ſorts of Soil are eſteemed very good
- 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:
- As when thick mists arise from moory vales.
Synonyms[edit]
- hoggy, moorish, quaggy; see also Thesaurus:marshy
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
moory (countable and uncountable, plural moories)
- Alternative form of mooree (“kind of cotton cloth”)