mourisco

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mourisco. By surface analysis, mouro +‎ -isco.

• IPA^(key): /mowˈɾisko/ [mowˈɾis̺.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -isko

mourisco (feminine mourisca, masculine plural mouriscos, feminine plural mouriscas)

1. Moorish (of or relating to Moors)

mourisco m (plural mouriscos)

1. a variety of flax

   Synonym: liño mourisco

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mourisco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mourisco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mourisco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mourisco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mourisco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From mouro (“Moor”) +‎ -isco. From Old Galician-Portuguese mourisco.

• Hyphenation: mou‧ris‧co

mourisco (feminine mourisca, masculine plural mouriscos, feminine plural mouriscas)

1. Moorish (of or relating to Moors)

   A arquitetura mourisca é verdadeiramente fascinante.

   Moorish architecture is truly fascinating.