Louis Quatorze

American  

[kuh-tawrz, ka-tawrz] / kəˈtɔrz, kaˈtɔrz /

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the late 17th century, characterized by increasingly classicizing tendencies, and by an emphasis on dignity rather than comfort.

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Louis Quatorze British  

/ kəˈtɔːz /

adjective

1. of or relating to the baroque style of furniture, decoration, and architecture of the time of Louis XIV of France and characterized by massive forms and heavy ornamentation

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Etymology

Origin of Louis Quatorze

1850–55; < French: Louis XIV

Example Sentences

Tank’s Prospect in 1985 and Louis Quatorze in 1996 had won the Preakness in 1:53 2/5, and Curlin in 2007 had finished slightly slower, in 1:53.46.

From Washington Times • May 18, 2023

Louis Quatorze added still more luster when he pulled an upset in the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown, in 1996.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2015

In 1996, Louis Quatorze finished 16th in the Derby and won the Preakness two weeks later.

From Seattle Times • May 18, 2013

Zito is hoping for a deja vu from 1996 when his Louis Quatorze finished a disheartening 16th in the Derby but roared to an easy victory in the Preakness.

From Reuters • May 19, 2011

In Italy this very ornate style was distinguished as the “Sette-cento,” and was a chastened imitation or appropriation of the Spanish Plâteresque and the French Louis Quatorze.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess