Moresque

[ muh-resk ]

adjective

1. Moorish.

Moresque

/ mɔːˈrɛsk /

adjective

1. (esp of decoration and architecture) of Moorish style

noun

1. 1. Moorish design or decoration
   2. a specimen of this

Word History and Origins

Origin of Moresque¹

1605–15; < Middle French < Italian moresco, equivalent to Mor ( o ) Moor + -esco -esque

Word History and Origins

Origin of Moresque¹

C17: from French, from Italian moresco, from Moro Moor

Example Sentences

An interlaced framework of geometrical figures—circles, squares, and diamonds—with scrollwork running through it, the ornaments which are of Moresque character, generally azured in whole or in part, sometimes in outline only.

From Project Gutenberg

Long before the fifteenth century, however, with its rather artificial mania for everything Moresque, the Arab spirit had been at work upon Spanish literature, although in a feeble and unconscious manner.

From Project Gutenberg

At the meetings in the ornate Moresque presidential palace in the Algerian capital, he had been dealing with a country that does business with foreign investors on its own terms.

From Reuters

The Spanish or Moresque Gothic was overloaded with leaves and flowers, and the German Gothic was enriched with fantastic trees and flowers, each according to its national taste and fashion.

From Project Gutenberg

I bowed, as giving my consent, but said, as I had been a Mahometan, I could not dance after the manner of this country; I supposed their music would not play à la Moresque.

From Project Gutenberg