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Today's Word "mores"

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mores \MOR-ayz; -eez\ (plural noun) - 1 : The fixed customs of a particular group that are morally binding upon all members of the group. 2 : Moral attitudes. 3 : Customs; habits; ways.

"After him I love
More than I love these eyes, more than my life,
More, by all mores,than e'er I shall love wife.
If I do feign, you witnesses above
Punish my life for tainting of my love!" -- William Shakespeare, 'Twelfth Night, or, What You Will

 

Mores comes from Latin, plural of mos, "custom." It is related to moral.


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