moeurs
UK/mɜː/
moeurs is the alternative form of mores.
Meaning of mores
Noun
mores pl (plural only)
- A set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted practices rather than written laws.
- All of us seem to need some totalistic relationships in our lives. But to decry the fact that we cannot have only such relationships is nonsense. And to prefer a society in which the individual has holistic relationships with a few, rather than modular relationships with many, is to wish for a...1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, page 99
Origin of moeurs
From the French mœurs (“ways, character, morals”), from Latin mōrēs (“ways, character, morals”), the plural of mōs. Doublet of mores.
Questions about moeurs
- What is moeurs the alternative form of?
- Moeurs is the alternative form of mores.
- How do you pronounce moeurs?
- Moeurs is pronounced /mɜː/ (UK).
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