单词 | moresco |
释义 | Morescoadj.n. Now rare. A. adj. Of or relating to the Moors; Moorish. Cf. Morisco adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > black person > [adjective] > relating to Moresco?1551 blacka1652 Negro1653 negroish1746 niggerish1825 darkie1839 dinge1848 niggery1855 Negrotic1863 negritic1870 Nigritic1889 melanoderm1926 soul1960 Nubian1971 ?1551 W. Thomas tr. G. Barbaro & A. Contarini Trav. Tana & Persia (1873) 52 Besides him was his buckler of the Moresco fac̃on with his scimitarra. 1584 W. Barrett in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 213 The said mamedine is of siluer, hauing the Moresco stampe on both sides. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 5 The houses are built of the Moresco modell, with galleries. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 406 They dance and trip Moresco Sarabrands to them again. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 482 Within there is all the same kind of Moresco-work. a1781 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip III (1783) iii. 288 A tax..a part of which he was authorised to employ in building..a Moresco college. 1822 A. Hamilton Marriage Rites 267 According to the Moresc laws, there are no bastards except the offspring of prostitutes. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra II. 4 A small gallery supported by..moresco arches. 1903 H. Wallis (title) Oak-leaf jars: a fifteenth-century Italian ware showing Moresco influence. B. n. 1. A Moorish dance; = Morisco n. 2a. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > morris-dance > [noun] Morisk dance1448 morris dance1458 Morisk1467 morris1503 Moresque1508 Moriscoc1560 Moresco1567 morris dancing1588 hobby-horse1670 hobby-horse dance1686 Moor dance1801 Moresca1869 society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > Italian dance or dancing > [noun] Moresco1567 tarantula1698 Siciliana1724 Sicilian1728 tarantella1784 sicilienne1883 Morisca1935 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxix. f. 316v Mummeries, Morescoes, and a thousand other passetimes. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. vii. iv. 1020 According to the sound they dance and moue their feet, as it were in a Moresco, with great grauitie. 1715 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Wks. 464 They exceeded all the Tumblers and Moresco-dancers in Activity. 1992 Dancing Times Dec. 252/3 Theatrical dance frequently included..morescoes and simulated war dances.., or the marvellous dance of Satyrs. 2. A Moor, esp. one in Spain. Cf. Morisco n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of North Africa > [noun] > Moors > person MoorOE Moriscoa1550 Moresco1587 Maghribi1704 Moriscan1794 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 805/1 The torchbearers were apparelled in crimsin sattin and greene, like Moreskoes, their faces blacke. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. iv. 97 The Morescoes in Spain. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. XII. 526/1 An Edict was published, forbidding the Morescoes, under pain of death, from using their native language. 1970 P. O'Brian Master & Commander (new ed.) xi. 361 Even in the village round the point they speak like Morescoes—algarabia, gabble-gabble, munch, munch. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > language of Moors Morisk1485 Morisco1612 Moresco1615 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 110 Some in the Copticke language, vnderstood but by few; most in the Moresco. 1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. ii. v. 76 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) The little Moresco or Gibbrish of the Country. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > types of pattern or design generally Morisk1341 Moresque1458 arabesque1656 Morisco1728 all-over1808 Moresco1823 shawl-pattern1838 repeat pattern1851 repeat1855 unit1855 styling1867 counterchange1888 oriental1897 mosaicking1923 scenic1956 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Moresque-work (Paint. &c.) or moresco. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.?1551 |
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