Moriarty

Moriarty

English

Etymology

From Irish Ó Muircheartaigh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːɹiɑː(ɹ)ti/

Proper noun

Moriarty

1. A surname​ of Irish origin.
2. Professor James Moriarty, fictional archenemy and nemesis of Sherlock Holmes; by extension any such archenemy or nemesis.

   1997 Martha Nochimson, The passion of David Lynch: wild at heart in Hollywood:

   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.

3. A city in New Mexico.