different between moreish vs moorish

moreish

English

Etymology

more +? -ish

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?m???.??/
  • Homophone: Moorish (in accents with the cure-force merger)

Adjective

moreish (comparative more moreish, superlative most moreish)

  1. (Britain, informal, of food, drink, or other consumable) Causing one to want to have more.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:delicious

Anagrams

  • Moshier, heirmos, heroism

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moorish

English

Etymology

From moor +? -ish.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?m?????/

Adjective

moorish (comparative more moorish, superlative most moorish)

  1. (now rare) Of ground, soil etc: boggy, marshy. [from 15th c.]
    • , I.iii.3:
      [G]low-worms, fire-drakes, meteors, ignis fatuus [] with many such that appear in moorish grounds, about churchyards, moist valleys, or where battles have been fought [] .
  2. Pertaining to a moor; abounding in moorland. [from 16th c.]
    • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 880:
      He recommended to me to plant a considerable part of a large moorish farm which I had purchased, and he made several calculations of the expence and profit: for he delighted in exercising his mind on the science of numbers.

Synonyms

  • moory, quaggy, swampy; see also Thesaurus:marshy

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