plateresque
[ plat-uh-resk ]
/ ˌplæt əˈrɛsk /
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adjective (sometimes initial capital letter)
noting or pertaining to a 16th-century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low-relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors.
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