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

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

Long before the fifteenth century, however, with its rather artificial mania for everything Moresque, the Arab spirit had been at work upon Spanish literature, although in a feeble and unconscious manner.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis

Morocco is a huge shell of its former greatness, a monster of Moresque dilapidations.

From Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. by Richardson, James

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 Garvice, Charles

The Moorish or Moresque was the form taken by the Mohammedans in Spain.

From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)