moreishadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːrɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrɪʃ/

Forms: 1600s morish, 1700s– moreish; also English regional 1800s– mairish (Yorkshire), 1800s– mareish (Yorkshire), 1800s– mooreish (Lincolnshire), 1800s– moorish, 1800s– morish, 1800s– morrish (Cornwall), 1800s– murrish (Cornwall), 1800s– mworish (Dorset).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: more adj., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < more adj. + -ish suffix¹.Recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. in widespread English regional use (also in sense ‘hungry, ready for more’); see also Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. s.v.

colloquial.

Of food or drink: that makes one want to have more. Occasionally in extended use.Noted by Sewel (quot. 1691) as a burlesque or trivial word.

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tooth-tempting1603

piquant1645

appetizing1653

moreish1691

peckish1845

mouth-watering1847

appetitive1864

tasty-looking1867

hungrifying1886

zippy1911

1691 W. Sewel New Dict. Eng. & Dutch 352/1 Morish, naar meêr. These pancakes taste Morish. Deeze pannekoeken smaaken naar meêr.

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 9 How do you like this Tea, Colonel?.. Well enough, Madam; but methinks it is a little more-ish.

1778 C. Gadsden Let. 15 Aug. in Amer. Hist. Rev. (1897) 3 85 Yr last letter tastes Moreish—we long for another express.

1886 W. Barnes Gloss. Dorset Dial. Mworish, so good as to give a wish to have more of it.

1886 Peasant Nov. 187 The beer was the best they had ever drank in their lives and tasted so ‘morish’.

1905 Dial. Notes 3 63 That tastes morish.

1971 Times 3 Dec. 12/4 Home-made, thin ginger biscuits are very ‘morish’ they slip down so easily you cannot stop munching them.

1988 P. Carey Oscar & Lucinda (1989) xxxii. 134 There was, mixed with that hard slap of disappointment, a deeper, more nourishing emotion: wonder. It was very more-ish.

1999 J. Preece Good Beer Guide 1999 454/2 An intense, chewy pint which is surprisingly refreshing and moreish.

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

单词	moreish
释义	moreishadj. Brit. /ˈmɔːrɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈmɔrɪʃ/ Forms: 1600s morish, 1700s– moreish; also English regional 1800s– mairish (Yorkshire), 1800s– mareish (Yorkshire), 1800s– mooreish (Lincolnshire), 1800s– moorish, 1800s– morish, 1800s– morrish (Cornwall), 1800s– murrish (Cornwall), 1800s– mworish (Dorset). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: more adj., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < more adj. + -ish suffix¹.Recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. in widespread English regional use (also in sense ‘hungry, ready for more’); see also Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. s.v. colloquial. Of food or drink: that makes one want to have more. Occasionally in extended use.Noted by Sewel (quot. 1691) as a burlesque or trivial word. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > promoting appetite tooth-tempting1603 piquant1645 appetizing1653 moreish1691 peckish1845 mouth-watering1847 appetitive1864 tasty-looking1867 hungrifying1886 zippy1911 1691 W. Sewel New Dict. Eng. & Dutch 352/1 Morish, naar meêr. These pancakes taste Morish. Deeze pannekoeken smaaken naar meêr. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 9 How do you like this Tea, Colonel?.. Well enough, Madam; but methinks it is a little more-ish. 1778 C. Gadsden Let. 15 Aug. in Amer. Hist. Rev. (1897) 3 85 Yr last letter tastes Moreish—we long for another express. 1886 W. Barnes Gloss. Dorset Dial. Mworish, so good as to give a wish to have more of it. 1886 Peasant Nov. 187 The beer was the best they had ever drank in their lives and tasted so ‘morish’. 1905 Dial. Notes 3 63 That tastes morish. 1971 Times 3 Dec. 12/4 Home-made, thin ginger biscuits are very ‘morish’ they slip down so easily you cannot stop munching them. 1988 P. Carey Oscar & Lucinda (1989) xxxii. 134 There was, mixed with that hard slap of disappointment, a deeper, more nourishing emotion: wonder. It was very more-ish. 1999 J. Preece Good Beer Guide 1999 454/2 An intense, chewy pint which is surprisingly refreshing and moreish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1691
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