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.

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It describes the dexterity of Ganzul, a noble Moor, in the bull-ring, and is certainly not without its quota of Moresque colour.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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