ALHAMBRESQUE


Meaning of ALHAMBRESQUE in English

|alˌham|bresk adjective

or al·ham·bra·ic -|brāik

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Alhambra, palace of the Moorish kings at Granada, Spain, erected in the 13th & 14th cents. (from Spanish, from Arabic al-ḥamrā' the red house) + English -esque or -ic

: made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra

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