Moorish

See also: moorish and moreish

English

Etymology

From Moor +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmʊə.ɹɪʃ/, /ˈmɔː.ɹɪʃ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmʊɹ.ɪʃ/, /ˈmɔɹ.ɪʃ/

Adjective

Moorish (comparative more Moorish, superlative most Moorish)

1. Of or pertaining to the Moors or their culture.
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     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?

2. (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.

Derived terms

• Moorish arch
• Moorish Science
• morris
• Morris
• morris dance

 

Translations

of or pertaining to Moors

• Catalan: moresc (ca)
• Czech: maurský
• Danish: maurisk
• Finnish: maurilainen (fi)
• French: mauresque (fr)
• Galician: mourisco
• German: maurisch (de)
• Hungarian: mór (hu)
• Irish: Múrach
• Italian: moresco (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maurisk

  Nynorsk: maurisk

• Polish: mauryjski (pl)
• Portuguese: mouro (pt), mourisco (pt)
• Romanian: mauresc (ro)
• Russian: маврита́нский (ru) (mavritánskij)
• Slovak: maurský
• Spanish: morisco (es)
• Swedish: morisk (sv)
• Welsh: Mwraidd

of or pertaining to architecture of Moors in Spain

• Finnish: maurilainen (fi)
• Galician: mourisco
• German: maurisch (de)
• Irish: Múrach
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maurisk

  Nynorsk: maurisk

• Russian: маврита́нский (ru) (mavritánskij)