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Moorish, a.2|ˈmʊərɪʃ, ˈmɔərɪʃ|
Also 5 morys, 7 morish.
[f. Moor n.2 + -ish.]
1. Of or pertaining to the Moors. Now often used with reference to the style of furniture and architecture, popular in England in the nineteenth century, characteristic of that made by the Moors in Spain (8th–15th c.) and in Northern Africa (cf. Moresque).
1434in Privy Purse Exp. Eliz. of York (1830) 242/2 Her hullyng of black, red and green, with morys letters, with cushions. 1600E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 323 For that a moorish slaue, who hoped by that meanes to saue himselfe, discouered him to a Prouost marshall. 1709Steele Tatler No. 112 ⁋3 Augustus..is said to have passed many of his Hours with little Moorish Boys at a Game of Marbles. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) II. 223/1 The greatest peculiarity in the Moorish architecture is the horse-shoe arch. 1843Borrow Bible in Spain vii, A large ancient and seemingly Moorish castle. 1885Encycl. Brit. XIX. 622/2 A fine dish, now in the British Museum..; though Moorish in style, it has a Spanish inscription. 1903Edin. Rev. Apr. 278 The Moorish peasantry..fought for their masters. 1903A. Bennett Leonora iii. 80 Bessie..set a Moorish stool before the Chesterfield. 1912― Matador 49 They were having tea at a little Moorish table in..the lounge. 1965J. Aronson Encycl. Furnit. (1966) 410/1 The X-type chair was common.., a light Moorish type of repeated slats with inlay. 1969M. Allingham Case-Book 101 Towards the [sea] port..the architecture veers towards Victorian Moorish. 1972E. Joy Furniture vii. 188 Of completely different character was the imported..Moorish furniture which first made Liberty's reputation when they began in business in 1875 as an ‘Oriental Warehouse’. 1975R. Butler Where all Girls are Sweeter iv. 30 ‘Four Winds’ was all Moorish, Bauschule and Odeon but it stood back in at least five acres.
b. Befitting a Moor, barbarous. nonce-use.
1795Coleridge 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. Muslim. Now only colloq. (chiefly in uneducated use) in Southern India and Sri Lanka (Ceylon). † Formerly also used (adj. and quasi-n.) as a name of the Urdū or Hindustānī language: see Moors.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 482 The Religion in Cambaia is partly Moorish, partly Heathenish. 1763Orme Milit. Trans. Hindostan I. 276 The centinel was sitting at the top of the gate, singing a moorish song. 1784in Seton Karr & Sandeman Select. fr. Calcutta Gaz. (1864) I. 15 Lieutenants Speediman and Rutledge..were bound, circumcised, and clothed in Moorish garments. 1804Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1837) III. 290 She had a Moorish woman interpreter, and as I heard her give orders to her interpreter in the Moorish language [etc.]. 1889Ceylon 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. |