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Professor Moriarty

Professor 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 Professor Moriarty

pluralProfessor Moriartys

Questions about Professor Moriarty

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

Words near Professor Moriarty in the dictionary

  1. professionym
  2. professly
  3. professor
  4. Professor Cube
  5. Professor Cubes
  6. Professor Moriarty
  7. professor ordinarius
  8. Professor's Cube
  9. Professor's Cubes
  10. professorate
  11. professorates

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