Moresque

American  

[muh-resk] / məˈrɛsk /

adjective

1. Moorish.

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Moresque British  

/ mɔːˈrɛsk /

adjective

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

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noun

1. 1. Moorish design or decoration

   2. a specimen of this

Etymology

Origin of Moresque

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

Example Sentences

The frame was oval, richly gilded and filigreed in Moresque.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Willis, Nathaniel Parker

"It will be impossible," said Antonia, "for you to turn the Towers into a proper Moresque or Libertyesque house."

From Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World by Meade, L. T.

"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 Reade, Charles

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 Bates, Arlo

Præterea Tractus ille ad quem Madac appulit desertus esse potuit; cum tamen alia Loca et interiores partes barbaros Chichimecas haberent, quibus permixti Cambri et intermissa illa Navigatione, Linguam Moresque patrios exuerint.

From An Enquiry into the Truth of the Tradition, Concerning the Discovery of America, by Prince Madog ab Owen Gwynedd, about the Year, 1170 by Williams, John