Moriarty

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Etymology

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From Irish Ó Muircheartaigh (descendant of Muircheartach), a name from muir (sea) + ceardaí (craftsman).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔːɹiɑː(ɹ)ti/

Proper noun

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Moriarty

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. Professor James Moriarty, fictional archenemy and nemesis of Sherlock Holmes; by extension any such archenemy or nemesis.
    • 1997, Martha Nochimson, The passion of David Lynch: wild at heart in Hollywood:
      The town of Twin peaks, suddenly not energised by its mammary setting, is narrated as a large chess board on which the action is completely defined by the competing logic of Dale Cooper and his Moriarty-like nemesis, Windom Earle.
  3. A city in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States.
  4. A locality in Latrobe council area, Tasmania, Australia.