Mudéjar

[Sp. moo-the-hahr]

Mu·dé·jar

[Sp. moo-the-hahr] noun, plural Mu·dé·ja·res [-hah-res] , adjective
noun
1.
a Muslim permitted to remain in Spain after the Christian reconquest, especially during the 8th to the 13th centuries.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to a style of Spanish architecture from the 13th to 16th centuries, a fusion of Romanesque and Gothic with Arabic.

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Mudéjar is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1860–65; < Spanish < Arabic muddajjan permitted to stay
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Mudéjar (muˈðɛxar)
 
n , pl -jares
1.  medieval history a Spanish Moor, esp one permitted to stay in Spain after the Christian reconquest
 
adj
2.  of or relating to a style of architecture orginated by Mudéjares
 
[from Arabic mudajjan one permitted to remain]

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