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Moorish vs Gittern - What's the difference?

moorish | gittern |

As an adjective moorish

is boggy, marshy; like a moor.

As a noun gittern is

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moorish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of or pertaining to the Moors or their culture
  • (architecture) Of or pertaining to a style of Spanish architecture from the time of the Moors, characterized by the horseshoe arch and ornate, geometric decoration
  • gittern

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A relatively small, quill-plucked, gut-strung musical instrument, a predecessor of the guitar, that originated around the 13th century and came to Europe via Moorish Spain.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To play on the gittern.
  • (Milton)