Moorish

Variant of moor

moor definition

moor (mo̵or)

noun

  1. a tract of open, rolling wasteland, usually covered with heather and often marshy or peaty; heath
  2. a tract of land with game preserves

Etymology: ME more < OE mor, wasteland, akin to LowG mor < IE base *mori-, sea > marsh, mere, L mare, sea: basic sense “swampy coastland”

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