Moriarty
/ˈmɔːɹiɑː(ɹ)ti/ noun C2- An archenemy or nemesis, especially a highly intelligent one.
Plural Moriartys
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“You have probably never heard of Professor Moriarty?” said he.
But I could not rest, Watson, I could not sit quiet in my chair, if I thought that such a man as Professor Moriarty were walking the streets of London unchallenged.”
For years I have endeavoured to break through the veil which shrouded it, and at last the time came when I seized my thread and followed it, until it led me, after a thousand cunning windings, to ex-Professor Moriarty of mathematical celebrity.
“Now, if I could have done this without the knowledge of Professor Moriarty, all would have been well.
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