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Webster 1913 Edition
Moorish
Moor′ish
,Adj.
[From 2d
Moor
.] Having the characteristics of a moor or heath.
“Moorish fens.” Thomson.
Moor′ish
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to Morocco or the Moors; in the style of the Moors.
Moorish architecture
, the style developed by the Moors in the later Middle Ages, esp. in Spain, in which the arch had the form of a horseshoe, and the ornamentation admitted no representation of animal life. It has many points of resemblance to the Arabian and Persian styles, but should be distinguished from them. See Illust. under
Moresque
.Webster 1828 Edition
Moorish
MOOR'ISH
,Adj.
Along the moorish fens.
1.
Pertaining to the Moors in Africa.Definition 2024
Moorish
Moorish
English
Adjective
Moorish (comparative more Moorish, superlative most Moorish)
- Of or pertaining to the Moors or their culture.
- Sir Walter Scott
- 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?
- Sir Walter Scott
- (architecture) Of or pertaining to a style of Spanish architecture from the time of the Moors, characterized by the horseshoe arch and ornate, geometric decoration.
Translations
of or pertaining to Moors
of or pertaining to architecture of Moors in Spain
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moorish
moorish
English
Adjective
moorish (comparative more moorish, superlative most moorish)
- (now rare) Boggy, marshy; like a moor.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.iii.3:
- glow-worms, fire-drakes, meteors, ignis fatuus […], with many such that appear in moorish grounds, about churchyards, moist valleys, or where battles have been fought […].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.iii.3: