Moorish

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈmɔːɹɪʃ/

Origin

From moor + -ish.

Full definition of moorish

Adjective

1. (now rare) Boggy, marshy; like a moor.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.iii.3:glow-worms, fire-drakes, meteors, ignis fatuus ..., with many such that appear in moorish grounds, about churchyards, moist valleys, or where battles have been fought ....