PLATERESQUE


Meaning of PLATERESQUE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpla-tə-ˈresk ]

adjective

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: Spanish plateresco, from platero silversmith, from plata silver

Date: circa 1864

: of, relating to, or being a 16th century Spanish architectural style characterized by elaborate ornamentation suggestive of silver plate

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.