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MORESQUE

Dictionary entry overview: What does Moresque mean?

• MORESQUE (adjective)
The adjective MORESQUE has 1 sense:

1. relating to or characteristic of the Moors

Familiarity information: MORESQUE used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MORESQUE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Relating to or characteristic of the Moors

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Moorish; Moresque

Context example:

Moorish architecture

Pertainym:

Moor (one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century)

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