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 Moorish or Moresque was the form taken by the Mohammedans in Spain.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor
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
"Dinner!" said Zoe, disdainfully; and sat down and eyed the Moresque walls around her, and the beauties of nature outside, and brought them together in one picture.
From A Woman-Hater by Charles Reade
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
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 Bib-li-op-e-gis-tic (Pertaining to the art of binding books.?Dibdin) to which is appended a glossary of some terms used in the craft by Unknown
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