mora
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of mora
1560–70; < Latin: delay, hence, space of time
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One plant, hardy as a weed, was flourishing — hierba mora.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
The three dishes praised were the braised tripe with morels and mora peppers, the gooseneck barnacles with charred scallion aioli, and the fried pig head with preserved cherries and Walla Walla onions.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
It calls for a whole sheep, rubbed with a paste of lightly roasted ancho, cascabel and mora chiles, seasoned with cinnamon, cloves, cumin and oregano.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2021
Examples: a spreadable salsa with pecans and chipotle mora chiles, a chunky pineapple and jalapeño salsa and a rustic salsa made with avocados and tomatillos.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2020
On Saturday nights men and boys came, and played bagatelle and spoof and quit, at Mrs. Venables' suggestion, and mora and zecchinetto on their own.
From The Furnace by Macaulay, Rose, Dame
As the king approached the morae, some of his own followers even drew back, and formed a knot at a distance.
From The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific by Pearse, Alfred
Mark," he said at last, "when we were at Harrow together an aged sage impressed upon us the meaning of Seneca's line, 'Veritas odit moras.'
From The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea by Pemberton, Max, Sir
They consisted of two moras of Lacedæmonians: now Ephorus says that a mora consists of 500 men, but Kallisthenes says 700, and some other authorities, and amongst them Polybius, put it at 900.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume II by Stewart, Aubrey
Note especially the very frequent references to fate; i. 263-4, ‘cunctasque pudoris rumpunt fata moras.’
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
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