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Moresque

[ muh-resk ]

adjective



Moresque

/ mɔːˈrɛsk /

adjective

  1. (esp of decoration and architecture) of Moorish style
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

    1. Moorish design or decoration
    2. a specimen of this
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Moresque1

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

Origin of Moresque1

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

No Hispano-moresque swords exist of earlier date than the fifteenth century, and these have richly-worked hilts in the Arab taste.

A door out of this leads into the Chapter-house, a room with a flat wooden ceiling of Moresque character.

Leocadia is a remarkable example of the mixture of Romanesque and Moresque ideas in the same building.

No specimens of Hispao moresque swords exist previous to the 15th century.

The Puerta del Perdon of the cathedral of Seville is similar in style, and a good example of moresque bronze work.

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