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

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

Though the building is Moresque, the houses notwithstanding are both pleasantand convenient.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 by Scott, Walter, Sir

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

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.