Alhambresque

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Alhambra +‎ -esque

Adjective[edit]

Alhambresque (comparative more Alhambresque, superlative most Alhambresque)

  1. Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra palace, known for its Saracenic or arabesque architecture.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Alhambresque”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)