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Dr. Moriarty

Dr. Moriarty is the alternative form of Moriarty.

Meaning of Moriarty

Noun

Moriarty (plural Moriartys)

  1. An archenemy or nemesis, especially a highly intelligent one.
    • The town of Twin Peaks, suddenly not energised by its mammary setting, is narrated as a large chess board on which the action is completely defined by the competing logic of Dale Cooper and his Moriarty-like nemesis, Windom Earle.1997, Martha Nochimson, The passion of David Lynch: wild at heart in Hollywood

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Forms of Dr. Moriarty

pluralDr. Moriartys

Questions about Dr. Moriarty

What is Dr. Moriarty the alternative form of?
Dr. Moriarty is the alternative form of Moriarty.

Words near Dr. Moriarty in the dictionary

  1. Dr. Frankenstein
  2. Dr. Frankensteins
  3. Dr. Google
  4. Dr. House
  5. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  6. Dr. Moriarty
  7. Dr. Pepper
  8. Dr. Peppers
  9. Dr. Strangelove
  10. Dr. Strangelove syndrome
  11. Dr. Strangeloves

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