plateresque
plateresque · more plateresque · most plateresque
Pertaining to an ornate style of architecture of 16th-century Spain suggestive of…Pertaining to an ornate style of architecture of 16th-century Spain suggestive of silver plate.
Meaning
1 sensesPertaining to an ornate style of architecture of 16th-century Spain suggestive of silver plate.
Origin
From Spanish plateresco (“in the manner of a silversmith”), from platero (“silversmith”),From Spanish plateresco (“in the manner of a silversmith”), from platero (“silversmith”), from plata (“silver”).
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Forms
more plateresque, most plateresque| Comparative | more plateresque Lesson |
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| Superlative | most plateresque Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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