Usually means: Reflecting Moorish style or influence.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word Moorish:

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  1. moorish: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Moorish: Merriam-Webster
  3. Moorish, moorish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Moorish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Moorish: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Moorish: Vocabulary.com
  7. Moorish, moorish: Wordnik
  8. Moorish, moorish: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Moorish, moorish: Wiktionary
  10. Moorish: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Moorish, moorish: Dictionary.com
  12. Moorish: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Moorish: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. moorish: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. Moorish: Rhymezone
  16. Moorish: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. moorish: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. moorish: FreeDictionary.org
  19. moorish: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Moorish: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Moorish: Encyclopedia

(Note: See moor as well.)

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▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to the Moors or their culture.
▸ adjective:  (architecture) Of or pertaining to a style of Spanish and Portuguese architecture from the time of the Moors, characterized by the horseshoe arch and ornate, geometric decoration.
▸ adjective:  (now rare) Of ground, soil etc: boggy, marshy.
▸ adjective:  Resembling or characteristic of a moor; abounding in moorland.

Similar:
Moresque, Moorish architecture, Mozarabic, Moroccan, Moravian, Maghrebi, Mozambican, Maghrebin, Mallorcan, Mudéjar, more...

Opposite:
unmoorish, non-moorish, anti-moorish

Types:
moroccan, andalusian, mexican, spanish, turkish, arabian, greek, irish, more...

Phrases:
moorish spain, Moorish architecture, Moorish idol, moorish arch, moorish empire, more...

Adjectives:
spanish, much, old, hispano, young, semi, pure, mixed, humperdinck, little, ancient

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Similar:
Moresque, Moorish architecture, Mozarabic, Moroccan, Moravian, Maghrebi, Mozambican, Maghrebin, Mallorcan, Mudéjar, more...

Opposite:
unmoorish, non-moorish, anti-moorish

Types:
moroccan, andalusian, mexican, spanish, turkish, arabian, greek, irish, more...

Phrases:
moorish spain, Moorish architecture, Moorish idol, moorish arch, moorish empire, moorish idols, Moorish Scientist, Moorish Science Temple of America, Lisa Moorish, Moorish Revival architecture, Moorish Castle, more...

Adjectives:
spanish, much, old, hispano, young, semi, pure, mixed, humperdinck, little, ancient

Colors:
    ochre,     cobalt blue,     saffron,     burgundy,     turquoise, more...



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