plateresque
See also: Plateresque
English
Etymology
From Spanish plateresco (“in the manner of a silversmith”), from platero (“silversmith”), from plata (“silver”).
Adjective
plateresque (comparative more plateresque, superlative most plateresque)
- Pertaining to an ornate style of architecture of 16th-century Spain suggestive of silver plate.
French
Further reading
- “plateresque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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