Morisco

[ muh-ris-koh ]

adjective

1. Moorish.

noun

, plural Mo·ris·cos, Mo·ris·coes.

1. a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.

Morisco

/ məˈrɪskəʊ; məˈrɛskəʊ /

noun

1. a Spanish Moor
2. a morris dance

adjective

1. another word for Moorish

Word History and Origins

Origin of Morisco¹

1540–50; < Spanish, equivalent to Mor ( o ) Moor + -isco adj. suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of Morisco¹

C16: from Spanish, from Moro Moor

Example Sentences

That’s certainly probable, given his appearance in his portraits and the demographics of Andalusian slavery, but there are no surviving documents to prove it, and he may also have been partially Morisco — descended from the Iberian Peninsula’s forcibly converted Muslim population.

From New York Times

The first is “Morisco Chilango,” which stands for a Moorish Mexico City native, and begins, as does Reid, in a state of shimmering strings, but is cut through with startlingly sharp percussive attacks and exciting rhythmic action of a city coming to life.

From Los Angeles Times

In the earlier English allusions it is called Morisco, a Moor, and this indicates its origin from Spain.

From Project Gutenberg

Morisco, mo-ris′ko, n. the Moorish language: a Moorish dance or dancer: Moorish architecture: one of the Moors who remained in Spain after the fall of Granada in 1492.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

The respectable Moors of this city go dressed in long morisco shirts reaching to the instep, white and of slight texture, and underneath some cloths wrapped round below the waist, and over the shirt a silken sash round the waist, and a dagger set with silver; they wear many jewelled rings on their fingers, and fine cotton caps on their heads.

From Project Gutenberg