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Moreish is a commonly used word in the UK.

• skyyler 4y ago
  Is there an equivalent word in North America? Americans tend to get confused when I use that word.
  • greggarious 4y ago
    > Is there an equivalent word in North America? Americans tend to get confused when I use that word. It's an English language word so it's fair game, it's just esoteric. (I call them "GRE words" -- things you often don't encounter in conversation until you study for the verbal section of the GRE.) I think the real issue is people not being sure if you said "Moreish" or "Moorish". >moreish (comparative more moreish, superlative most moreish) >(UK, informal, of food, drink, or other consumable) Causing one to want to have more. >Synonyms: see Thesaurus:delicious >1788, Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, Second edition, page 322: >More-ish. This wine has but one fault, and that is, it is more-ish: i.e. more of it is wanted, or there is too little of it. or >moorish >adjective >Boggy, marshy; like a moor. I'm still unclear which way Super Hans was going with that one to be honest but my gut says the second given he doesn't seem very uh... happy? (I have a deviated septum, so I don't know what cocaine does to you... when people offer me the smoked kind I take it as my hint to make like an XBox 360 and get the hell out of that hotel room, bar, or staffer's office.) Sincerely, Greg ;-)
    • spiralx 4y ago
      I don't think I've ever come across the word "moorish" ever in the UK, boggy would be what we'd use instead. Regardless of that I'm pretty sure that the stress for moreish is on the ish (often with a very slight pause beforehand as in more-ish), whereas the stress for moorish would be on the moor, so you'd be able to tell the difference even with accents where "more" and "moor" sound the same.