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

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Example Sentences

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Moresque

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

"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

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

For the expression of its purpose, with all the solidity and grace consistent with that, the Moresque structure before us is not excelled by any within the grounds.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 by Various

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

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

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