moorish

adjective2

1. •
   Resembling or characteristic of a moor; abounding in moorland.

   • The Lent term had pulled me down, a week of modest enjoyment thereafter in town had finished the work; and I drank in the sharp moorish air like a thirsty man who has been forwandered among deserts. — 1899
2. •
   (no longer used) Of ground, soil etc: boggy, marshy.

   • Make heauen to frowne and euery fixed starre To sucke vp poison from the Moorish Fens, And poure it in this glorious Tyrants throat. — 1587

adjective2

1. •
   Of or pertaining to the Moors or their culture.

   • I joy to see you wear around your neck the holy relic I bestowed on you; — but what Moorish charmlet is that you wear beside it? — 1829
2. •
   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.