maravedi

American  

[mar-uh-vey-dee] / ˌmær əˈveɪ di /

noun

plural

maravedis

1. a former gold coin issued by the Moors in Spain.

2. a former minor copper coin of Spain, discontinued in 1848.

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maravedi British  

/ ˌmærəˈveɪdɪ /

noun

1. any of various Spanish coins of copper or gold

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Etymology

Origin of maravedi

1530–40; < Spanish maravedí, from Arabic Murābitīn the Almoravids ( def. ); marabout

Example Sentences

No, Se�or, my news is not worth a maravedi, or it is far beyond the price of gold; such as it is, your Excellency can take it, and think no more of my reward.

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore

Suppose I were to take Zillah to wife—the old rascal would not give me a maravedi.

From The Buccaneer A Tale by Hall, S. C., Mrs.

Everybody complimented him on his bargain, declaring the horse was worth a hundred and fifty ducats as surely as an egg was worth a maravedi.

From The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

It will be finished in a couple of months without having cost the citizens or your Majesty a single maravedi.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander

Neither groat nor maravedi   Have I got my soul to bless; And I’d feel extremely seedy,   Languishing in vile duresse.

From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Doyle, Richard