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Marrano
"Jew or Moor converted to Christianity," 1583, from Sp., lit. "pig, swine," an expression of contempt, from Arabic
muharram
"forbidden thing" (eating of pork is forbidden by Muslim and Jewish religious law), from
haruma
"was forbidden" (see
harem
).
