Moresque
Americanadjective
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Moresque
1605–15; < Middle French < Italian moresco, equivalent to Mor ( o ) Moor + -esco -esque
Example Sentences
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The frame was oval, richly gilded and filigreed in Moresque.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Nathaniel Parker Willis
There were inlaid tables and couches of exquisite workmanship, and a Moresque cabinet, which the butler unlocked and from which he took cigars and cigarettes.
From At Love's Cost by Charles Garvice
In the doorway hung an old altar-lamp of silver, with a cup of ruby glass, and from various points depended other lamps of Moresque and antique shapes.
From The Pagans by Arlo Bates
It describes the dexterity of Ganzul, a noble Moor, in the bull-ring, and is certainly not without its quota of Moresque colour.
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence
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 Needlework As Art by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford
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