of or pertaining to the Moors; characteristic of the Moors; Moorish
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Moresque Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The Moresque style of architecture or decoration. See Moorish architecture, under Moorish.
The Moresque style of architecture or decoration. See Moorish architecture, under Moorish.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to, or in the manner or style of, the Moors; Moorish.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOf or pertaining to, or in the manner or style of, the Moors; Moorish.
moresque
\mo*resque"\ (?), a. [f., fr. it. moresco, or sp. morisco. see morris.] of or pertaining to, or in the manner or style of, the moors; moorish. -- n. the moresque style of architecture or decoration. see moorish architecture, under moorish. [written also mauresque.]
moresque
adj : relating to or characteristic of the moors; "moorish architecture" [syn: moorish, moresque]
Adjective
1. relating to or characteristic of the Moors; "Moorish architecture"
(synonym) Moorish
(pertainym) Moor
Moresque Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Moresque is an obsolete alternative term to "Moorish" in English, and in the arts has some specific meanings. By itself the word is used of forms found in ornament and decoration in the applied arts in Europe. Often it is a synonym for arabesque or interlace patterns in the Mannerist and Northern Mannerist styles of the 16th century, derived from Islamic ornament. It was defined in 1611 by Randle Cotgrave's A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues as: "a rude or anticke painting, or carving, wherin the feet and tayles of beasts, &c, are intermingled with, or made to resemble, a kind of wild leaves, &c." The word is also used for such a figure, starting off as a human or animal, but terminating as part of a decorative scheme of foliage or geometric strapwork.
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