Moorish
adjective
of or relating to the Moors, a Muslim people of NW Africa.
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Moorish
American
[moor-ish]
/ ˈmʊər ɪʃ /
adjective
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of or relating to the Moors, a Muslim people of NW Africa.
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in the style of the Moors, as architecture or decoration.
moorish
British
/ ˈmʊərɪʃ, ˈmɔː- /
adjective
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of or relating to the Moors
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denoting the style of architecture used in Spain from the 13th to 16th century, characterized by the horseshoe arch
Etymology
Origin of Moorish
First recorded in 1400–50, Moorish is from the late Middle English word morys. See Moor, -ish 1
Example Sentences
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The home, she said, is more than 200 years old and built by her Spanish forefathers, with a tiled courtyard in the center and Moorish accents on the masonry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
She was raised by her mother, the singer Lisa Moorish.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025
The tool reached Europe through the Moorish conquest of much of Spain.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
Drought-stricken farmers in Spain have reclaimed medieval Moorish irrigation technology.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2024
Many years later there were those who still insisted that the royal guard of the intruding queen was a squad of regular army soldiers who were concealing government-issue rifles under their rich Moorish robes.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The moorish, sort of gothic feeling that you get when you go there—I think that’s part of it.
From Slate ● May 18, 2016
Travelled for some miles along the open country, which was all without hedgerows, sometimes arable, sometimes moorish, and often whole tracts covered with grunsel.
From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by John Campbell Shairp
In all the moorish borders where writing is known, it forms the basis of Fetisherie, and its productions enclosed in golden or ornamented cases, are hung round the person as guardian influences.
From Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa by Robert Huish
On the moorish sabbath, which was also their market-day, the Christian slaves were not required to labour, unless on extraordinary occasions, when there was any particular work to do, which could not be delayed.
From Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa by Robert Huish
This was a bit of a steep broken hill that overlooked upon the west a moorish valley, full of ink-black pools.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI by Robert Louis Stevenson
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