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)

  1. Pertaining to an ornate style of architecture of 16th-century Spain suggestive of silver plate.
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