Mooren.¹

Brit.

/mʊə/,

/mɔː/, U.S.

/mʊ(ə)r/,

/mɔr/

Forms: 1800s Moor (irregular), 1800s– Moore.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Moore.

Etymology: < the name of Francis Moore (1657–1714), English physician, astrologer, and almanac-maker.

I. Compounds.

1. Moore's Almanac n. an annual almanac, originally of meteorological and astrological predictions, the first edition of which was issued by Moore in 1700. Also Old Moore's Almanac.Early editions of the almanac also appeared under the title Vox Stellarum. Recent editions (from 1930) have been published as Foulsham's Old Moore's Almanack.

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menologium1709

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rune-staff1753

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parapegm1755

timetable1758

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Moore's Almanac1806

Moorea1821

numeral1853

Advent calendar1867

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paddy1876

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1806 R. Polwhele Poems II. 71 All read his madness in Moore's Almanack!

1817 J. Keats Let. 10 Sept. (1931) I. 39 I know not whether you prefer..Cinderella and her glass slipper to Moor's Almanack.

1855 ‘G. Eliot’ in Westm. Rev. Oct. 437 Let him..rival Moore's Almanack in the prediction of political events.

1873 C. M. Yonge Pillars of House IV. xl. 170 The mysteries of Moore's Almanac on the wall.

1936 Discovery Dec. 389/1 He published a sort of Old Moore's Almanac and told people's fortunes, and generally practised the acts of the astrologer.

1982 B. Seaton Handbk. Eng. Lang. Teaching Terms & Pract. (BNC) 6 Almanac, an annual book or calendar of months and days, with information about the sun, moon, stars, tides, anniversaries, etc. The best-known in the UK is Old Moore's Almanac.

II. Simple uses.

2. A Moore's Almanac. Also Old Moore.

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