mooryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From moor +‎ -y.

形容詞

moory (comparative more moory or moorier, superlative most moory or mooriest)

1. Resembling a moor; swampy; boggy.
   • 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:

     In Eſſex moory Land is thought to be the moſt proper, tho several other ſorts of Soil are eſteemed very good

   • 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:

     As when thick mists arise from moory vales.

同意語

• hoggy, moorish, quaggy; see also Thesaurus:marshy

語源 2

名詞

moory (countable and uncountable, plural moories)

1. Alternative form of mooree (“kind of cotton cloth”).

アナグラム

• roomy