Mo*resque" (?), a. [F., fr. It. moresco, or Sp. morisco. See Morris.]

Of or pertaining to, or in the manner or style of, the Moors; Moorish.

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n.

The Moresque style of architecture or decoration. See Moorish architecture, under Moorish.

[Written also mauresque.]

 

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