moorish

== English == === Etymology === From moor +‎ -ish. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɔːɹɪʃ/ === Adjective === moorish (comparative more moorish, superlative most moorish) (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 […] . Resembling or characteristic of a moor; abounding in moorland. [from 16th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== moory, quaggy, swampy; see also Thesaurus:marshy ==== Derived terms ====