moran.¹

Brit.

/ˈmɔːrə/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrə/

Inflections: Plural morae Brit.

/ˈmɔːriː/,

/ˈmɔːrʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈmɔri/,

/ˈmɔraɪ/, (rare) moras.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mora.

Etymology: < classical Latin mora delay, (in legal context) delay in fulfilling a legal duty, (in grammar) pause in speech or verse generally indicated by punctuation, sustaining of the voice in the pronunciation of a syllable, cognate with Early Irish maraid remains.

1. Scots Law. Undue delay in the assertion of a claim, etc. Also in in mora and mora and taciturnity.

ΚΠ

1569 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 9 Nowther the said Erll of Huntley nor yit the parteis complenaris ar in mora.

1722 W. Forbes Inst. Law Scotl. I. ii. 162 An Obligation to a Day is that which is presently binding, but whereof Performance cannot be sought for a certain Time. After elapsing whereof,..the Debtor is in Mora.

1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. I. ii. xii. §16 If the user of the diligence be in mora, ie if he hath taken no step for a considerable time to perfect his diligence, he is construed to have relinquished or abandoned it.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. Mora, or delay, is a general term applicable to all undue delay in the prosecution or completion of an inchoate bargain, diligence, or the like.

1896 W. K. Morton Man. Law Scotl. 330 Mora and taciturnity.—By this is meant delay short of the period necessary for prescription, but which, combined with the silence of the creditor, creates the inference of abandonment of the obligation.

1927 W. M. Gloag & R. C. Henderson Introd. Law Scotl. 128 In the case of obligations which require to be constituted by proof the plea of mora and taciturnity may be put forward.

1987 W. W. McBryde Law of Contract in Scotl. 550 Mora by itself is not a proper plea but must be accompanied by prejudice or acquiescence which must be averred and proved.

†2. A short space of time; a delay. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > a delay

spacea1413

sojourn?1507

moraa1633

moratorium1932

hang-fire1936

hold1961

a1633 G. Herbert Outlandish Prov. (1640) sig. A6^v Good is the mora that makes all sure.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. 76 This preparation..requires a competent mora, or time, antecedent to its complete and full constitution.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. 102 A mora, or due space of time intervening between the first coagulation of Matter and the first instant of the disposing thereof.

a. Prosody. A unit of metrical time equal to the duration of a short syllable.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [noun] > quantity > short syllable as unit

time1589

mora1832

1832 Encycl. Americana XI. 591 The short syllable..is considered as the original unit for the measure of time in the rhythm, and is called a time, or mora.

1848 J. W. Donaldson Greek Gram. 16 The shortest time in which a syllable can be pronounced is called a mora, or single time. A short syllable has one mora: a long syllable contains two moræ.

1879 J. W. White tr. J. H. H. Schmidt Rhythmic & Metric Classical Langs. 65 If the eighth-note or common short syllable be named a ‘mora’..the rules are as follows.

1976 Classical Q. New Ser. 26 16 We do not know how or where the extra mora or morae were accommodated in a Catalectic colon.

b. Linguistics. The smallest or basic unit of duration of a speech sound.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > unit of duration of speech sound

mora1933

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. vii. 110 In dealing with matters of quantity, it is often convenient to set up an arbitrary unit of relative duration, the mora. Thus, if we say that a short vowel lasts one mora, we may describe the long vowels of the same language as lasting, say, one and one-half morae or two morae.

1941 G. L. Trager in L. Spier et al. Lang. Culture & Personality 136 In many cases it will be found that an element smaller than the phonetic syllable functions as the accentual or prosodic unit; this unit may be called, following current practice, the mora... The term mora..is useful in avoiding confusion, even if it should turn out to mean merely phonemic syllable.

1964 E. Palmer tr. A. Martinet Elements Gen. Linguistics iii. 80 Each of the segments characterized by one of the successive punctual tones is called a mora.

1988 Trans. Philol. Soc. 86 137 The terms ‘bimoric’ and ‘trimoric’ relate to the idea that these long vowels consist of two, respectively three, ‘moras’ or units of length, rather than the single ‘mora’ of short vowels.

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

moran.²

Brit.

/ˈmɔːrə/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrə/

Inflections: Plural moras, morae, morai.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μόρα.

Etymology: < ancient Greek μόρα < the same base as μέρος a part, μόρος destiny (see mero- comb. form¹).

Ancient Greek History.

Any one of the (originally six) divisions of which the Spartan army was made up.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > ancient Greek unit

hipparchy1616

lochos1616

mora1808

taxis1850

phyle1906

1808 W. Mitford Hist. Greece (new ed.) I. iv. 216 The officers of each mora of infantry..were one Polëmarch, four Lochages, eight Pentecosters, and sixteen Enomotarchs.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. xxxviii. 77 Two moras had been kept at home, together with the veterans.

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lvi. 109 Every order emanated from the Spartan King..and was given to the Polemarchs, each commanding a mora, the largest military division.

1917 T. R. Glover From Pericles to Philip ix. 280 Iphicrates cut up the Spartan mora.

1985 J. F. Lazenby Spartan Army 5 There were both morai and lochoi in the Spartan army in Xenophon's time, each mora being divided into two lochoi.

1996 Oxf. Classical Dict. (ed. 3) 172/1 By Xenophon's time the largest unit was the mora, of which there were again six, but it is not certain how many sub-units each contained.

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

moran.³

Brit.

/ˈmɔːrə/,

/ˈmɔːrɑː/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrə/

Forms: 1800s– mora, 1800s– morah.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Hindi. Partly a borrowing from Marathi. Etymons: Hindi moṛhā, Marathi moṛā.

Etymology: < Hindi moṛhā and Marathi moḍā, both ultimately < a Dravidian language.

In South Asia: a stool; a footstool; a wicker chair.H. Yule and A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (1886) at that entry, describe the word as ‘in common colloquial use’ in 19th-cent. India.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > stool > [noun]

shamblec825

stool1390

tabouret1656

tambouret1658

mora1818

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [noun] > for feet

shamblec825

stoola1250

benchc1405

buffet1432

foot cushiona1475

footstool1530

cricket1559

grest1563

foot stock1567

hassock1582

cracket1635

crock1709

tuffet1805

mora1818

footrest1833

toe-board1892

1818 M. M. Sherwood Stories Church Catech. (ed. 4) vii. 33 She took her Bible and a mora, and went and sat in one corner of the room.

1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 196 One or two morahs, or stools.

1907 B. M. Croker Company's Servant xviii. 195 Sitting..on a little ‘morah’ at her feet.

1971 Illustr. Weekly India 4 Apr. 22/3 I resorted to circumlocutions..which invariably produced a mora or a chair in the little Chandni Chowk shops.

1999 C. B. Divakaruni Sister of my Heart ii. xv. 279 On one of the two wicker moras..a man is sitting.

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

moran.⁴

Brit.

/ˈmɔːrə/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrə/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Tupi. Or (ii) a borrowing from Arawak. Etymons: Tupi moira-tinga; Arawak mora.

Etymology: Either < moira- (in Tupi moira-tinga white tree (referring to the blossom); < moira tree + tinga white), or < Arawak mora.Proposed as a genus name by G. Bentham 1838, in Trans. Linn. Soc. (1841) 18 209–10; the genus name occurred earlier in print in Bentham's paper in Jrnl. Bot. (1840) 2 74.

A tall tree, Mora excelsa (family Caesalpiniaceae ( Leguminosae)), native to the Caribbean and tropical South America (also mora tree); the wood of this tree.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [adjective]

mora1825

lecythid1871

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > others

persea1601

mahoe1666

poison berry1672

white mangrove1683

maiden plum1696

angelin1704

garlic-pear1725

milkwood-tree1725

Jack-in-the-box1735

cherimoya1736

rattle bush1750

galapee1756

genip1756

lace bark1756

sunfruit1787

wild orange1802

hog-nut1814

mountain pride1814

savannah wattle1814

mora1825

rubber tree1826

mayflower1837

bastard manchineel1838

long john1838

seringa1847

sack tree1849

jumbie tree1860

jumbie bean1862

king-tree1863

gauze-tree1864

mountain green1864

snowdrop tree1864

strong bark1864

switch-sorrel1864

candle-tree1866

maypole1866

angelique1873

poisonwood1884

porkwood1884

1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. i. 5 Heedless, and bankrupt, in all curiosity must he be, who can journey on without stopping to take a view of the towering mora.

1836 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 6 264 The mora-trees were in blossom, and the white flowers formed a pretty contrast with the dark green leaves.

1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 94 Mora-wood..is close-grained like teak, and superior to oak, esteemed for ship-building..; in colour it resembles moderately red mahogany.

1864–5 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands (1868) ii. 82 The Toucan..may generally be seen perched on the topmost boughs of the lofty mora-tree.

1918 C. W. Beebe Jungle Peace (1919) vii. 140 A house with roof of pale pink like a giant mora in full bloom.

1949 Caribbean Q. 1 iii. 42 Three forest areas..could be..logged so as to yield about 3 million cubic feet of saleable timber per year, mainly Greenheart but also Mora and other hardwoods.

1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 154 Mora is a dominant tree of mixed swamp forests and is found in the Guianas, Trinidad and eastern Venezuela.

1971 F. H. Titmuss Commerc. Timbers World (ed. 4) 206 Mora..ranks as one of the most..important timbers of British Guiana... It is the product of Mora excelsa.

1982 R. A. K. Heath Kwaku iii. xxx. 229 Mr Barzey had been his God, a towering mora tree.

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

n.¹1569

n.²1808

n.³1818

n.⁴1825

单词	mora
释义	moran.¹ Brit. /ˈmɔːrə/, U.S. /ˈmɔrə/ Inflections: Plural morae Brit. /ˈmɔːriː/, /ˈmɔːrʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈmɔri/, /ˈmɔraɪ/, (rare) moras. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mora. Etymology: < classical Latin mora delay, (in legal context) delay in fulfilling a legal duty, (in grammar) pause in speech or verse generally indicated by punctuation, sustaining of the voice in the pronunciation of a syllable, cognate with Early Irish maraid remains. 1. Scots Law. Undue delay in the assertion of a claim, etc. Also in in mora and mora and taciturnity. ΚΠ 1569 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 9 Nowther the said Erll of Huntley nor yit the parteis complenaris ar in mora. 1722 W. Forbes Inst. Law Scotl. I. ii. 162 An Obligation to a Day is that which is presently binding, but whereof Performance cannot be sought for a certain Time. After elapsing whereof,..the Debtor is in Mora. 1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. I. ii. xii. §16 If the user of the diligence be in mora, ie if he hath taken no step for a considerable time to perfect his diligence, he is construed to have relinquished or abandoned it. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. Mora, or delay, is a general term applicable to all undue delay in the prosecution or completion of an inchoate bargain, diligence, or the like. 1896 W. K. Morton Man. Law Scotl. 330 Mora and taciturnity.—By this is meant delay short of the period necessary for prescription, but which, combined with the silence of the creditor, creates the inference of abandonment of the obligation. 1927 W. M. Gloag & R. C. Henderson Introd. Law Scotl. 128 In the case of obligations which require to be constituted by proof the plea of mora and taciturnity may be put forward. 1987 W. W. McBryde Law of Contract in Scotl. 550 Mora by itself is not a proper plea but must be accompanied by prejudice or acquiescence which must be averred and proved. †2. A short space of time; a delay. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > a delay spacea1413 sojourn?1507 moraa1633 moratorium1932 hang-fire1936 hold1961 a1633 G. Herbert Outlandish Prov. (1640) sig. A6^v Good is the mora that makes all sure. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. 76 This preparation..requires a competent mora, or time, antecedent to its complete and full constitution. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. 102 A mora, or due space of time intervening between the first coagulation of Matter and the first instant of the disposing thereof. 3. a. Prosody. A unit of metrical time equal to the duration of a short syllable. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [noun] > quantity > short syllable as unit time1589 mora1832 1832 Encycl. Americana XI. 591 The short syllable..is considered as the original unit for the measure of time in the rhythm, and is called a time, or mora. 1848 J. W. Donaldson Greek Gram. 16 The shortest time in which a syllable can be pronounced is called a mora, or single time. A short syllable has one mora: a long syllable contains two moræ. 1879 J. W. White tr. J. H. H. Schmidt Rhythmic & Metric Classical Langs. 65 If the eighth-note or common short syllable be named a ‘mora’..the rules are as follows. 1976 Classical Q. New Ser. 26 16 We do not know how or where the extra mora or morae were accommodated in a Catalectic colon. b. Linguistics. The smallest or basic unit of duration of a speech sound. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > unit of duration of speech sound mora1933 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. vii. 110 In dealing with matters of quantity, it is often convenient to set up an arbitrary unit of relative duration, the mora. Thus, if we say that a short vowel lasts one mora, we may describe the long vowels of the same language as lasting, say, one and one-half morae or two morae. 1941 G. L. Trager in L. Spier et al. Lang. Culture & Personality 136 In many cases it will be found that an element smaller than the phonetic syllable functions as the accentual or prosodic unit; this unit may be called, following current practice, the mora... The term mora..is useful in avoiding confusion, even if it should turn out to mean merely phonemic syllable. 1964 E. Palmer tr. A. Martinet Elements Gen. Linguistics iii. 80 Each of the segments characterized by one of the successive punctual tones is called a mora. 1988 Trans. Philol. Soc. 86 137 The terms ‘bimoric’ and ‘trimoric’ relate to the idea that these long vowels consist of two, respectively three, ‘moras’ or units of length, rather than the single ‘mora’ of short vowels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). moran.² Brit. /ˈmɔːrə/, U.S. /ˈmɔrə/ Inflections: Plural moras, morae, morai. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μόρα. Etymology: < ancient Greek μόρα < the same base as μέρος a part, μόρος destiny (see mero- comb. form¹). Ancient Greek History. Any one of the (originally six) divisions of which the Spartan army was made up. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > ancient Greek unit hipparchy1616 lochos1616 mora1808 taxis1850 phyle1906 1808 W. Mitford Hist. Greece (new ed.) I. iv. 216 The officers of each mora of infantry..were one Polëmarch, four Lochages, eight Pentecosters, and sixteen Enomotarchs. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. xxxviii. 77 Two moras had been kept at home, together with the veterans. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lvi. 109 Every order emanated from the Spartan King..and was given to the Polemarchs, each commanding a mora, the largest military division. 1917 T. R. Glover From Pericles to Philip ix. 280 Iphicrates cut up the Spartan mora. 1985 J. F. Lazenby Spartan Army 5 There were both morai and lochoi in the Spartan army in Xenophon's time, each mora being divided into two lochoi. 1996 Oxf. Classical Dict. (ed. 3) 172/1 By Xenophon's time the largest unit was the mora, of which there were again six, but it is not certain how many sub-units each contained. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). moran.³ Brit. /ˈmɔːrə/, /ˈmɔːrɑː/, U.S. /ˈmɔrə/ Forms: 1800s– mora, 1800s– morah. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Hindi. Partly a borrowing from Marathi. Etymons: Hindi moṛhā, Marathi moṛā. Etymology: < Hindi moṛhā and Marathi moḍā, both ultimately < a Dravidian language. In South Asia: a stool; a footstool; a wicker chair.H. Yule and A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (1886) at that entry, describe the word as ‘in common colloquial use’ in 19th-cent. India. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > stool > [noun] shamblec825 stool1390 tabouret1656 tambouret1658 mora1818 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [noun] > for feet shamblec825 stoola1250 benchc1405 buffet1432 foot cushiona1475 footstool1530 cricket1559 grest1563 foot stock1567 hassock1582 cracket1635 crock1709 tuffet1805 mora1818 footrest1833 toe-board1892 1818 M. M. Sherwood Stories Church Catech. (ed. 4) vii. 33 She took her Bible and a mora, and went and sat in one corner of the room. 1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 196 One or two morahs, or stools. 1907 B. M. Croker Company's Servant xviii. 195 Sitting..on a little ‘morah’ at her feet. 1971 Illustr. Weekly India 4 Apr. 22/3 I resorted to circumlocutions..which invariably produced a mora or a chair in the little Chandni Chowk shops. 1999 C. B. Divakaruni Sister of my Heart ii. xv. 279 On one of the two wicker moras..a man is sitting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). moran.⁴ Brit. /ˈmɔːrə/, U.S. /ˈmɔrə/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Tupi. Or (ii) a borrowing from Arawak. Etymons: Tupi moira-tinga; Arawak mora. Etymology: Either < moira- (in Tupi moira-tinga white tree (referring to the blossom); < moira tree + tinga white), or < Arawak mora.Proposed as a genus name by G. Bentham 1838, in Trans. Linn. Soc. (1841) 18 209–10; the genus name occurred earlier in print in Bentham's paper in Jrnl. Bot. (1840) 2 74. A tall tree, Mora excelsa (family Caesalpiniaceae ( Leguminosae)), native to the Caribbean and tropical South America (also mora tree); the wood of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [adjective] mora1825 lecythid1871 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > others persea1601 mahoe1666 poison berry1672 white mangrove1683 maiden plum1696 angelin1704 garlic-pear1725 milkwood-tree1725 Jack-in-the-box1735 cherimoya1736 rattle bush1750 galapee1756 genip1756 lace bark1756 sunfruit1787 wild orange1802 hog-nut1814 mountain pride1814 savannah wattle1814 mora1825 rubber tree1826 mayflower1837 bastard manchineel1838 long john1838 seringa1847 sack tree1849 jumbie tree1860 jumbie bean1862 king-tree1863 gauze-tree1864 mountain green1864 snowdrop tree1864 strong bark1864 switch-sorrel1864 candle-tree1866 maypole1866 angelique1873 poisonwood1884 porkwood1884 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. i. 5 Heedless, and bankrupt, in all curiosity must he be, who can journey on without stopping to take a view of the towering mora. 1836 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 6 264 The mora-trees were in blossom, and the white flowers formed a pretty contrast with the dark green leaves. 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 94 Mora-wood..is close-grained like teak, and superior to oak, esteemed for ship-building..; in colour it resembles moderately red mahogany. 1864–5 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands (1868) ii. 82 The Toucan..may generally be seen perched on the topmost boughs of the lofty mora-tree. 1918 C. W. Beebe Jungle Peace (1919) vii. 140 A house with roof of pale pink like a giant mora in full bloom. 1949 Caribbean Q. 1 iii. 42 Three forest areas..could be..logged so as to yield about 3 million cubic feet of saleable timber per year, mainly Greenheart but also Mora and other hardwoods. 1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 154 Mora is a dominant tree of mixed swamp forests and is found in the Guianas, Trinidad and eastern Venezuela. 1971 F. H. Titmuss Commerc. Timbers World (ed. 4) 206 Mora..ranks as one of the most..important timbers of British Guiana... It is the product of Mora excelsa. 1982 R. A. K. Heath Kwaku iii. xxx. 229 Mr Barzey had been his God, a towering mora tree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹1569n.²1808n.³1818n.⁴1825
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