Meaning

3 senses

  1. Any rodent in the family Muridae.

    Near-synonyms: mouse, rat

  2. A Sufi novice committed to enlightenment under a spiritual guide.

  3. A member of the largest of the three hereditary Yazidi castes, composed of laypeople charged with seeking spiritual guidance from the sheikhs and pirs.

Origin

An appellativization from Murid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names

An appellativization from Murid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names); by surface analysis, ending in suffix -id.

From Arabic مُرِيد (murīd, literally “seeker”).

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Forms

plural: murids
Singularmurid
Pluralmurids

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
mouseA1ratA1

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
murderingmurderousmuriaticmurkymurmurB2murphy
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