Moriarty

English

Etymology

From Irish Ó Muircheartaigh (“descendant of Muircheartach”), a name from muir (“sea”) + ceardaí (“craftsman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːɹiɑː(ɹ)ti/

Proper noun

Moriarty

1. A surname from Irish.
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 Torrance County, New Mexico, United States.
4. A locality in Latrobe council area, Tasmania, Australia.