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Meaning of Moresque in English:

Moresque

adjective

  • (of art or architecture) Moorish in style or design.

    • ‘three Moresque plates showing views of the synagogue at Toledo’

Pronunciation

Moresque

/məˈrɛsk/ /mɔːˈrɛsk/

Origin

Late Middle English (as a noun denoting arabesque ornament): from French, from Italian moresco, from Moro ‘Moor’.