moeurs
See also: mœurs
English
Etymology
From the French mœurs (“ways, character, morals”), from Latin mōrēs (“ways, character, morals”), the plural of mōs. Doublet of mores.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /mɜː/
Noun
moeurs pl (plural only)
- Alternative form of mores, a set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted practices.
- 2011, Fiona MacCarthy, The Last Pre-Raphaelite, Faber, →ISBN, page 117:
- Georgie was already becoming a little bit bohemian, absorbed into the moeurs of the Pre-Raphaelite world.
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From the Latin mōrēs (“ways, character, morals”), the plural of mōs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mœr(s)/
Noun
moeurs f pl
Descendants
- French: mœurs