moorishadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈmʊərɪʃ/,

/ˈmɔːrɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈmʊrɪʃ/

Forms: Middle English moorysshe, Middle English morische, Middle English moryssh, Middle English morysshe, Middle English–1500s moresch, Middle English–1500s morisch, 1500s moarish, 1500s morishe, 1500s morris, 1500s morysh, 1500s–1600s moarishe, 1500s–1600s morish, 1500s– moorish, 1600s mooreash; Scottish pre-1700 1700s–1800s muirish, pre-1700 1700s– moorish, pre-1700 1800s murish, 1700s muiresh.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moor n.¹, -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < moor n.¹ + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier moory adj.¹

Chiefly British.

†a. Of texture or condition: spongy; soft and damp. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > spongy

moorisha1398

fungous?1440

spongy1539

fungy1578

sponge-like1594

airy1598

spongeous1607

fuzzy1616

spongoid1849

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 297 Þe frogge is watery and morisch.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. ix. 869 Moryssh thynges dooth growe in erthe.

1750 Smith's Compl. Housewife (ed. 14) 8 If their noses are snotty, and their throats moorish and muddy, they are bad.

b. Of ground, etc.: boggy, marshy. Also figurative. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective]

fen-lichc1000

fennyc1000

mooryOE

marshya1382

marshlyc1410

moorisha1492

queachy?a1500

marish1549

plashya1552

foggy?1555

fen-like1561

undrained1573

fennish1577

boggy1587

paludious1595

wealy1601

marishy1607

snapy1607

uliginous1610

quagmiry1623

paludiate1632

boggish1633

pooly1652

swampy1661

spouty1677

gouty1686

pondy1687

morassy1699

sloppy1699

lairy17..

soggya1722

swampish1725

splashy1727

squashy1751

haggy1765

gaulty1784

slumpy1823

sumpy1824

paludine1852

paludic1854

paludinal1856

paludian1860

paludinous1866

paludal1871

paludial1875

morassic1893

muskeggy1894

swamped1899

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxxiii. f. xxviii/1 The grounde was soo softe and moryssh, that they entred vp to the raynes.

a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) V. 75 It is to be supposid that thes Pooles for the most part in Morisch [v.r. Moresch] Groundes, and lying sumwhat in low Groundes dreane the moist Places about them.

1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 140 There now no rivers course is to be seene, But moorish fennes, and marshes ever greene.

1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. i. sig. K2 They be path-lesse, moorish minds, That..sinke Beneath the steppes of any Villany.

1641 G. Wither Halelviah ii. xx. 292 Moorish Grounds are now so hard, That, on them we safe may ride.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. vii. 191 Trees of Oak and Firr..covered by..the Silt and Moorish Earth exaggerated upon them.

1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 51 It is a Moorish Soil, covered with Heath.

1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 199 A thousand loads..were..laid in a moorish place.

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 120 This swamp had a moorish look, and consisted apparently of black alluvial soil.

1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xi. 210 There were fields no more, but moorish grounds and marsh and rank pasture.

†c. Of water: of the kind typically found in a bog or marsh; murky. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > body of water > still or standing water > [adjective] > as found in bogs

moorish1496

1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. hij^v Those waters that ben hethy or morysshe.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xi. sig. L2^v The chaulky Kenet,..The morish Cole.

a1640 J. Day Parl. Bees (1641) sig. H1^v The moorish pooles stand emptie, left By water.

1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum xxxiv. 135 When you Angle with Dub-fly it must be in..a Moorish River discoloured by Moss or Bogs.

1803 J. Leyden Scenes of Infancy ii. 59 Where Ala, bursting from her moorish springs, O'er many a cliff her smoking torrent flings.

2. Of or belonging to a moor; of the nature of or having the characteristics of a moor; abounding in moors or moorland.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > moor or heath

moorish1548

moorland1568

fellish1570

moory1794

1548 in W. Page Certificates Chantries County of York (1895) II. 413 In a wyld and morishe contree.

c1600 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Cornwall (1728) 63 A church standinge amonge the moarishe hills.

a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 179 Throw muiresh barren ground we came in sight of Lauder.

1744 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 43 61 The Land is mountainous and moorish, abounding with Moss and Heather.

1787 R. Burns Jrnl. of Tour of Borders in Commonplace Bks., Tour Jrnls. & Misc. Prose (2014) 118 A romantic but rather moorish place on the banks of the Roole.

1807 W. Wordsworth Resolution & Independence in Poems I. 94 Beside the little pond or moorish flood.

1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 104 Common in muirish pastures.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. v. 177 Moorish Skiddaw and far-sweeping Saddleback.

1983 S. Plant tr. M. Moser Keys to Agarics & Boleti iii. 116 Moorish places, acidic coniferous woods.

†3. Inhabiting a moor; living or growing on moorland. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting moor or heath

moorland1568

moorish1612

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > moor or heath > growing on

moorish1844

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xii. 208 Or'e-gone with loue of Hanse, a dapper More-land Lad..the wanton hart of that delicious mayd..was turn'd so much from beeing coy, That shee might seeme to doat vpon the Morish boy.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 474 The disease..is there called the muir-ill, as if it were the consequence of cows eating muirish plants.

Compounds

† moorish brown n. Angling Obsolete = moorish fly n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of

moor flylOE

drake-flya1450

dub-flya1450

dun cut1496

dun fly1496

louper1496

red fly1616

moorish fly1635

palmer1653

palmer fly1653

red hackle1653

red palmer1653

shell-fly1653

orange fly1662

blackfly1669

dun1676

dun hackle1676

hackle1676

mayfly1676

peacock fly1676

thorn-tree fly1676

turkey-fly1676

violet-fly1676

whirling dun1676

badger fly1681

greenfly1686

moorish brown1689

prime dun1696

sandfly1700

grey midge1724

whirling blue1747

dun drake?1758

death drake1766

hackle fly1786

badger1787

blue1787

brown-fly1787

camel-brown1787

spinner1787

midge1799

night-fly1799

thorn-fly1799

turkey1799

withy-fly1799

grayling fly1811

sun fly1820

cock-a-bondy1835

brown moth1837

bunting-lark fly1837

governor1837

water-hen hackle1837

Waterloo fly1837

coachman1839

soldier palmer1839

blue jay1843

red tag1850

canary1855

white-tip1856

spider1857

bumble1859

doctor1860

ibis1863

Jock Scott1866

eagle1867

highlander1867

jay1867

John Scott1867

judge1867

parson1867

priest1867

snow-fly1867

Jack Scott1874

Alexandra1875

silver doctor1875

Alexandra fly1882

grackle1894

grizzly queen1894

heckle-fly1897

Zulu1898

thunder and lightning1910

streamer1919

Devon1924

peacock1950

1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) xxxv. 225 (heading) Moorish Brown.

1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. x. 309 Moorish-brown. Dubbing of the wool of a black sheep; warped with red silk.

† moorish fly n. Angling Obsolete an artificial fly for fishing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of

moor flylOE

drake-flya1450

dub-flya1450

dun cut1496

dun fly1496

louper1496

red fly1616

moorish fly1635

palmer1653

palmer fly1653

red hackle1653

red palmer1653

shell-fly1653

orange fly1662

blackfly1669

dun1676

dun hackle1676

hackle1676

mayfly1676

peacock fly1676

thorn-tree fly1676

turkey-fly1676

violet-fly1676

whirling dun1676

badger fly1681

greenfly1686

moorish brown1689

prime dun1696

sandfly1700

grey midge1724

whirling blue1747

dun drake?1758

death drake1766

hackle fly1786

badger1787

blue1787

brown-fly1787

camel-brown1787

spinner1787

midge1799

night-fly1799

thorn-fly1799

turkey1799

withy-fly1799

grayling fly1811

sun fly1820

cock-a-bondy1835

brown moth1837

bunting-lark fly1837

governor1837

water-hen hackle1837

Waterloo fly1837

coachman1839

soldier palmer1839

blue jay1843

red tag1850

canary1855

white-tip1856

spider1857

bumble1859

doctor1860

ibis1863

Jock Scott1866

eagle1867

highlander1867

jay1867

John Scott1867

judge1867

parson1867

priest1867

snow-fly1867

Jack Scott1874

Alexandra1875

silver doctor1875

Alexandra fly1882

grackle1894

grizzly queen1894

heckle-fly1897

Zulu1898

thunder and lightning1910

streamer1919

Devon1924

peacock1950

1635 G. Markham Pleasures Princes 26 The Moorish-fly is made of fine flocks, shorne from a freese-gray russet, and the wings of the blackest male of a Drake.

1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee viii, in Tales Fashionable Life VI. 97 The green-fly, and the moorish-fly!

† moorish mallow n. Obsolete rare the marsh mallow, Althaea officinalis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > marshmallow

marshmalloweOE

hollyhocka1300

wymalvea1300

white mallowa1400

vimauea1425

mallow1483

marish mallow1548

water mallow1548

mucilage mallow1578

moorish mallow1597

wymote1597

shrub mallow1640

guimauve1812

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 789 In English marsh Mallow, moorish Mallowe, and white Mallowe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Moorishadj.²

Brit.

/ˈmʊərɪʃ/,

/ˈmɔːrɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈmʊrɪʃ/

Forms: late Middle English Morreys, late Middle English Morys, 1500s Moorishe, 1500s Morysche, 1600s Morish, 1600s– Moorish; Scottish pre-1700 Moris, pre-1700 Morish, pre-1700 Morrish, pre-1700 1700s– Moorish.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Moor n.², -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < Moor n.² + -ish suffix¹. Compare Dutch Moors (a1634; compare Moors n.), Middle Low German (rare) mȫrisch , early modern German möhrisch (1609 or earlier), mohrisch (1715 or earlier). Compare also Morisco adj. and Romance forms s.v.

a. Of or relating to the Moors; esp. designating or characteristic of the style of furniture or architecture produced by the Moors in Spain (8th–15th cent.) and in North Africa. Cf. Moresque adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of North Africa > [adjective] > Moor

Moorish1434

Morian1504

Morisco1540

Moriska1549

Moriscan1794

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [adjective] > specific style

Moorish1434

savage1548

damaskeen1551

grotesque1603

Mogul1617

pierced1756

baroque1765

rocaille1776

rococo1830

plateresque1845

Alhambresque1848

François Premier1850

Mudéjar1865

serio-grotesque1873

famille verte1876

barocco1877

rococoesque1885

famille rose1893

famille noire1898

Ch'ien Lung1901

Marie Antoinette1909

Mosan1910

famille jaune1923

Romanizing1936

quatre-couleur1959

penworked1965

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > Moorish

Moorish1434

Moresque1611

Saracen1713

Saracenic1768

1434 Will J. Bergavenny in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 242 (MED) [Her] hullyng [of black, red and green, with] morys [letters].

a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) 9847 (MED) To the morreys [v.r. Morre] kyng he was a good post, For he was Constable of his Ost.

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iv. sig. K.i Shining read in roabe of Moorishe purple,..He stood.

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 323 For that a moorish slaue, who hoped by that meanes to saue himselfe, discouered him to a Prouost marshall.

1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 179/2 Mangiar pane Saracinesco..to eat Saracin-like bread, viz. black and moorish as may be.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 112. ⁋3 Augustus..is said to have passed many of his Hours with little Moorish Boys at a Game of Marbles.

1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 223/1 The greatest peculiarity in the Moorish architecture is the horse-shoe arch.

1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. vii. 123 A large ancient and seemingly Moorish castle.

1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 622/2 A fine dish, now in the British Museum..; though Moorish in style, it has a Spanish inscription.

1912 A. Bennett Matador of Five Towns & Other Stories 49 They were having tea at a little Moorish table in..the lounge.

a1966 M. Allingham Case-bk. (1969) 101 Towards the [sea] port..the architecture veers towards Victorian Moorish.

1988 Holiday Which? Jan. 57/2 The Moorish love of water is seen at its best in the Court of the Myrtle.

†b. derogatory. Uncivilized, barbarous. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adjective] > barbarously

barbarical1569

barbarous1594

Turkish1602

Moorish1795

Saracenic1836

Turk-like1850

medieval1917

Neanderthalic1922

1795 S. T. Coleridge Plot Discovered 28 And if by the wanton and moorish exercise of this privilege he can ensnare the assembly into marks of indignation, then [etc.].

†2. Esp. with reference to southern India and Sri Lanka: Muslim. In early use also: †= Moors n. (and adj.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > [adjective]

circumcisa1325

Saracena1400

Mahometical1561

Mahometish1578

Mahometic1585

Mahometized1585

Mussulmanlike1589

turbaned1591

Mahometan1600

Ismaelitish1604

Saracenican1607

Ismaelitical1613

Moorish1613

Saracenical1613

Mahometanical1614

circumciseda1616

Mussulman1616

Mahounda1625

Muslim1626

Mussulmanish1638

Saracenic1638

Mohammedan1681

Sarazantic1726

Islamic1791

Islamitic1791

Islamite1800

Islamitish1801

Mussulmanic1801

Saracenian1818

Islamistic1828

Muslimite1829

Muslimin1844

Islamist1853

Ismaelitic1884

Muslimic1903

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > central Indian

Moorish1763

Hindu1768

Hindui1785

Hindustani1786

Hindi1791

Urdu1830

Pahari1837

Gujarati1927

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 482 The Religion in Cambaia is partly Moorish, partly Heathenish.

1763 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation I. 276 The centinel was sitting at the top of the gate singing a moorish song.

1784 in W. S. Seton-Karr & H. D. Sandeman Select. Calcutta Gaz. (1864) I. 15 Lieutenants Speediman and Rutledge..were bound, circumcised, and clothed in Moorish garments.

1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 290 She had a Moorish woman interpreter, and as I heard her give orders to her interpreter in the Moorish language [etc.].

1889 Ceylon Observer 11 June From Weligama comes the news that another alexandrite has just been discovered by the Moorish priest (Moulana) weighing 6 lb. and 8 rupees.

1901 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 447/2 The only vegetation is a clump of stunted palmettoes, marking the burial-place of some forgotten Moorish saint.

1914 B. Woolf How to see Ceylon i. 35 The Portuguese were driven to Ceylon by a chance current, while trying to intercept Moorish boats carrying spices from the East Indies.

Compounds

C1.

Moorish-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 885a The gingham-coated, Moorish-looking Dons.

1856 A. M. Murray Lett. from U.S., Cuba, & Canada xx. 243 The houses flat-roofed, manycoloured, and Moorish-looking.

1994 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 4 Sept. e1 The raw second-floor space, surrounded by Moorish-looking alcoves and tile work.

C2.

Moorish idol n. a perciform fish of coral reefs in the Indian and Pacific oceans, Zanclus canescens (or Z. cornutus) (family Zanclidae) with bold vertical yellow and black bands and a deep, short body with a beak-like snout; also called toby.

ΚΠ

1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study Fishes xxiii. 406 The family of Zandidæ includes a single species, the Moorish idol or kihi kihi, Zanclus canescens.

1961 E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 208 Because of its beauty, the spectacular 7-inch moorish idol..is usually selected by artists as the typical fish of the tropical Indo-Pacific reefs.

1999 Nature 21 Jan. 211/2 The tank was stocked with the young of the Indo-Pacific coral-reef fish Zanclus cornutus,..known as the Moorish idol or the kihikihi in Hawaiian.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moorish
释义	moorishadj.¹ Brit. /ˈmʊərɪʃ/, /ˈmɔːrɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈmʊrɪʃ/ Forms: Middle English moorysshe, Middle English morische, Middle English moryssh, Middle English morysshe, Middle English–1500s moresch, Middle English–1500s morisch, 1500s moarish, 1500s morishe, 1500s morris, 1500s morysh, 1500s–1600s moarishe, 1500s–1600s morish, 1500s– moorish, 1600s mooreash; Scottish pre-1700 1700s–1800s muirish, pre-1700 1700s– moorish, pre-1700 1800s murish, 1700s muiresh. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moor n.¹, -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < moor n.¹ + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier moory adj.¹ Chiefly British. 1. †a. Of texture or condition: spongy; soft and damp. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > spongy moorisha1398 fungous?1440 spongy1539 fungy1578 sponge-like1594 airy1598 spongeous1607 fuzzy1616 spongoid1849 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 297 Þe frogge is watery and morisch. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. ix. 869 Moryssh thynges dooth growe in erthe. 1750 Smith's Compl. Housewife (ed. 14) 8 If their noses are snotty, and their throats moorish and muddy, they are bad. b. Of ground, etc.: boggy, marshy. Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] fen-lichc1000 fennyc1000 mooryOE marshya1382 marshlyc1410 moorisha1492 queachy?a1500 marish1549 plashya1552 foggy?1555 fen-like1561 undrained1573 fennish1577 boggy1587 paludious1595 wealy1601 marishy1607 snapy1607 uliginous1610 quagmiry1623 paludiate1632 boggish1633 pooly1652 swampy1661 spouty1677 gouty1686 pondy1687 morassy1699 sloppy1699 lairy17.. soggya1722 swampish1725 splashy1727 squashy1751 haggy1765 gaulty1784 slumpy1823 sumpy1824 paludine1852 paludic1854 paludinal1856 paludian1860 paludinous1866 paludal1871 paludial1875 morassic1893 muskeggy1894 swamped1899 a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxxiii. f. xxviii/1 The grounde was soo softe and moryssh, that they entred vp to the raynes. a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) V. 75 It is to be supposid that thes Pooles for the most part in Morisch [v.r. Moresch] Groundes, and lying sumwhat in low Groundes dreane the moist Places about them. 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 140 There now no rivers course is to be seene, But moorish fennes, and marshes ever greene. 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. i. sig. K2 They be path-lesse, moorish minds, That..sinke Beneath the steppes of any Villany. View more context for this quotation 1641 G. Wither Halelviah ii. xx. 292 Moorish Grounds are now so hard, That, on them we safe may ride. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. vii. 191 Trees of Oak and Firr..covered by..the Silt and Moorish Earth exaggerated upon them. 1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 51 It is a Moorish Soil, covered with Heath. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 199 A thousand loads..were..laid in a moorish place. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 120 This swamp had a moorish look, and consisted apparently of black alluvial soil. 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xi. 210 There were fields no more, but moorish grounds and marsh and rank pasture. †c. Of water: of the kind typically found in a bog or marsh; murky. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > still or standing water > [adjective] > as found in bogs moorish1496 1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. hij^v Those waters that ben hethy or morysshe. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xi. sig. L2^v The chaulky Kenet,..The morish Cole. View more context for this quotation a1640 J. Day Parl. Bees (1641) sig. H1^v The moorish pooles stand emptie, left By water. 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum xxxiv. 135 When you Angle with Dub-fly it must be in..a Moorish River discoloured by Moss or Bogs. 1803 J. Leyden Scenes of Infancy ii. 59 Where Ala, bursting from her moorish springs, O'er many a cliff her smoking torrent flings. 2. Of or belonging to a moor; of the nature of or having the characteristics of a moor; abounding in moors or moorland. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > moor or heath moorish1548 moorland1568 fellish1570 moory1794 1548 in W. Page Certificates Chantries County of York (1895) II. 413 In a wyld and morishe contree. c1600 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Cornwall (1728) 63 A church standinge amonge the moarishe hills. a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 179 Throw muiresh barren ground we came in sight of Lauder. 1744 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 43 61 The Land is mountainous and moorish, abounding with Moss and Heather. 1787 R. Burns Jrnl. of Tour of Borders in Commonplace Bks., Tour Jrnls. & Misc. Prose (2014) 118 A romantic but rather moorish place on the banks of the Roole. 1807 W. Wordsworth Resolution & Independence in Poems I. 94 Beside the little pond or moorish flood. 1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 104 Common in muirish pastures. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. v. 177 Moorish Skiddaw and far-sweeping Saddleback. 1983 S. Plant tr. M. Moser Keys to Agarics & Boleti iii. 116 Moorish places, acidic coniferous woods. †3. Inhabiting a moor; living or growing on moorland. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting moor or heath moorland1568 moorish1612 the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > moor or heath > growing on moorish1844 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xii. 208 Or'e-gone with loue of Hanse, a dapper More-land Lad..the wanton hart of that delicious mayd..was turn'd so much from beeing coy, That shee might seeme to doat vpon the Morish boy. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 474 The disease..is there called the muir-ill, as if it were the consequence of cows eating muirish plants. Compounds † moorish brown n. Angling Obsolete = moorish fly n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of moor flylOE drake-flya1450 dub-flya1450 dun cut1496 dun fly1496 louper1496 red fly1616 moorish fly1635 palmer1653 palmer fly1653 red hackle1653 red palmer1653 shell-fly1653 orange fly1662 blackfly1669 dun1676 dun hackle1676 hackle1676 mayfly1676 peacock fly1676 thorn-tree fly1676 turkey-fly1676 violet-fly1676 whirling dun1676 badger fly1681 greenfly1686 moorish brown1689 prime dun1696 sandfly1700 grey midge1724 whirling blue1747 dun drake?1758 death drake1766 hackle fly1786 badger1787 blue1787 brown-fly1787 camel-brown1787 spinner1787 midge1799 night-fly1799 thorn-fly1799 turkey1799 withy-fly1799 grayling fly1811 sun fly1820 cock-a-bondy1835 brown moth1837 bunting-lark fly1837 governor1837 water-hen hackle1837 Waterloo fly1837 coachman1839 soldier palmer1839 blue jay1843 red tag1850 canary1855 white-tip1856 spider1857 bumble1859 doctor1860 ibis1863 Jock Scott1866 eagle1867 highlander1867 jay1867 John Scott1867 judge1867 parson1867 priest1867 snow-fly1867 Jack Scott1874 Alexandra1875 silver doctor1875 Alexandra fly1882 grackle1894 grizzly queen1894 heckle-fly1897 Zulu1898 thunder and lightning1910 streamer1919 Devon1924 peacock1950 1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) xxxv. 225 (heading) Moorish Brown. 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. x. 309 Moorish-brown. Dubbing of the wool of a black sheep; warped with red silk. † moorish fly n. Angling Obsolete an artificial fly for fishing. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of moor flylOE drake-flya1450 dub-flya1450 dun cut1496 dun fly1496 louper1496 red fly1616 moorish fly1635 palmer1653 palmer fly1653 red hackle1653 red palmer1653 shell-fly1653 orange fly1662 blackfly1669 dun1676 dun hackle1676 hackle1676 mayfly1676 peacock fly1676 thorn-tree fly1676 turkey-fly1676 violet-fly1676 whirling dun1676 badger fly1681 greenfly1686 moorish brown1689 prime dun1696 sandfly1700 grey midge1724 whirling blue1747 dun drake?1758 death drake1766 hackle fly1786 badger1787 blue1787 brown-fly1787 camel-brown1787 spinner1787 midge1799 night-fly1799 thorn-fly1799 turkey1799 withy-fly1799 grayling fly1811 sun fly1820 cock-a-bondy1835 brown moth1837 bunting-lark fly1837 governor1837 water-hen hackle1837 Waterloo fly1837 coachman1839 soldier palmer1839 blue jay1843 red tag1850 canary1855 white-tip1856 spider1857 bumble1859 doctor1860 ibis1863 Jock Scott1866 eagle1867 highlander1867 jay1867 John Scott1867 judge1867 parson1867 priest1867 snow-fly1867 Jack Scott1874 Alexandra1875 silver doctor1875 Alexandra fly1882 grackle1894 grizzly queen1894 heckle-fly1897 Zulu1898 thunder and lightning1910 streamer1919 Devon1924 peacock1950 1635 G. Markham Pleasures Princes 26 The Moorish-fly is made of fine flocks, shorne from a freese-gray russet, and the wings of the blackest male of a Drake. 1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee viii, in Tales Fashionable Life VI. 97 The green-fly, and the moorish-fly! † moorish mallow n. Obsolete rare the marsh mallow, Althaea officinalis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > marshmallow marshmalloweOE hollyhocka1300 wymalvea1300 white mallowa1400 vimauea1425 mallow1483 marish mallow1548 water mallow1548 mucilage mallow1578 moorish mallow1597 wymote1597 shrub mallow1640 guimauve1812 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 789 In English marsh Mallow, moorish Mallowe, and white Mallowe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Moorishadj.² Brit. /ˈmʊərɪʃ/, /ˈmɔːrɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈmʊrɪʃ/ Forms: late Middle English Morreys, late Middle English Morys, 1500s Moorishe, 1500s Morysche, 1600s Morish, 1600s– Moorish; Scottish pre-1700 Moris, pre-1700 Morish, pre-1700 Morrish, pre-1700 1700s– Moorish. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Moor n.², -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < Moor n.² + -ish suffix¹. Compare Dutch Moors (a1634; compare Moors n.), Middle Low German (rare) mȫrisch , early modern German möhrisch (1609 or earlier), mohrisch (1715 or earlier). Compare also Morisco adj. and Romance forms s.v. 1. a. Of or relating to the Moors; esp. designating or characteristic of the style of furniture or architecture produced by the Moors in Spain (8th–15th cent.) and in North Africa. Cf. Moresque adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of North Africa > [adjective] > Moor Moorish1434 Morian1504 Morisco1540 Moriska1549 Moriscan1794 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [adjective] > specific style Moorish1434 savage1548 damaskeen1551 grotesque1603 Mogul1617 pierced1756 baroque1765 rocaille1776 rococo1830 plateresque1845 Alhambresque1848 François Premier1850 Mudéjar1865 serio-grotesque1873 famille verte1876 barocco1877 rococoesque1885 famille rose1893 famille noire1898 Ch'ien Lung1901 Marie Antoinette1909 Mosan1910 famille jaune1923 Romanizing1936 quatre-couleur1959 penworked1965 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > Moorish Moorish1434 Moresque1611 Saracen1713 Saracenic1768 1434 Will J. Bergavenny in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 242 (MED) [Her] hullyng [of black, red and green, with] morys [letters]. a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) 9847 (MED) To the morreys [v.r. Morre] kyng he was a good post, For he was Constable of his Ost. 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iv. sig. K.i Shining read in roabe of Moorishe purple,..He stood. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 323 For that a moorish slaue, who hoped by that meanes to saue himselfe, discouered him to a Prouost marshall. 1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 179/2 Mangiar pane Saracinesco..to eat Saracin-like bread, viz. black and moorish as may be. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 112. ⁋3 Augustus..is said to have passed many of his Hours with little Moorish Boys at a Game of Marbles. 1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 223/1 The greatest peculiarity in the Moorish architecture is the horse-shoe arch. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. vii. 123 A large ancient and seemingly Moorish castle. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 622/2 A fine dish, now in the British Museum..; though Moorish in style, it has a Spanish inscription. 1912 A. Bennett Matador of Five Towns & Other Stories 49 They were having tea at a little Moorish table in..the lounge. a1966 M. Allingham Case-bk. (1969) 101 Towards the [sea] port..the architecture veers towards Victorian Moorish. 1988 Holiday Which? Jan. 57/2 The Moorish love of water is seen at its best in the Court of the Myrtle. †b. derogatory. Uncivilized, barbarous. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adjective] > barbarously barbarical1569 barbarous1594 Turkish1602 Moorish1795 Saracenic1836 Turk-like1850 medieval1917 Neanderthalic1922 1795 S. T. Coleridge Plot Discovered 28 And if by the wanton and moorish exercise of this privilege he can ensnare the assembly into marks of indignation, then [etc.]. †2. Esp. with reference to southern India and Sri Lanka: Muslim. In early use also: †= Moors n. (and adj.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > [adjective] circumcisa1325 Saracena1400 Mahometical1561 Mahometish1578 Mahometic1585 Mahometized1585 Mussulmanlike1589 turbaned1591 Mahometan1600 Ismaelitish1604 Saracenican1607 Ismaelitical1613 Moorish1613 Saracenical1613 Mahometanical1614 circumciseda1616 Mussulman1616 Mahounda1625 Muslim1626 Mussulmanish1638 Saracenic1638 Mohammedan1681 Sarazantic1726 Islamic1791 Islamitic1791 Islamite1800 Islamitish1801 Mussulmanic1801 Saracenian1818 Islamistic1828 Muslimite1829 Muslimin1844 Islamist1853 Ismaelitic1884 Muslimic1903 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > central Indian Moorish1763 Hindu1768 Hindui1785 Hindustani1786 Hindi1791 Urdu1830 Pahari1837 Gujarati1927 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 482 The Religion in Cambaia is partly Moorish, partly Heathenish. 1763 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation I. 276 The centinel was sitting at the top of the gate singing a moorish song. 1784 in W. S. Seton-Karr & H. D. Sandeman Select. Calcutta Gaz. (1864) I. 15 Lieutenants Speediman and Rutledge..were bound, circumcised, and clothed in Moorish garments. 1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 290 She had a Moorish woman interpreter, and as I heard her give orders to her interpreter in the Moorish language [etc.]. 1889 Ceylon Observer 11 June From Weligama comes the news that another alexandrite has just been discovered by the Moorish priest (Moulana) weighing 6 lb. and 8 rupees. 1901 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 447/2 The only vegetation is a clump of stunted palmettoes, marking the burial-place of some forgotten Moorish saint. 1914 B. Woolf How to see Ceylon i. 35 The Portuguese were driven to Ceylon by a chance current, while trying to intercept Moorish boats carrying spices from the East Indies. Compounds C1. Moorish-looking adj. ΚΠ 1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 885a The gingham-coated, Moorish-looking Dons. 1856 A. M. Murray Lett. from U.S., Cuba, & Canada xx. 243 The houses flat-roofed, manycoloured, and Moorish-looking. 1994 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 4 Sept. e1 The raw second-floor space, surrounded by Moorish-looking alcoves and tile work. C2. Moorish idol n. a perciform fish of coral reefs in the Indian and Pacific oceans, Zanclus canescens (or Z. cornutus) (family Zanclidae) with bold vertical yellow and black bands and a deep, short body with a beak-like snout; also called toby. ΚΠ 1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study Fishes xxiii. 406 The family of Zandidæ includes a single species, the Moorish idol or kihi kihi, Zanclus canescens. 1961 E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 208 Because of its beauty, the spectacular 7-inch moorish idol..is usually selected by artists as the typical fish of the tropical Indo-Pacific reefs. 1999 Nature 21 Jan. 211/2 The tank was stocked with the young of the Indo-Pacific coral-reef fish Zanclus cornutus,..known as the Moorish idol or the kihikihi in Hawaiian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹a1398adj.²1434
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