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Alhambresque
Alhambraic Al`ham*bra"ic, Alhambresque Al`ham*bresque" (?;
277), a.
Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the
ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually
fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.
ArabesqueArabesque Ar`a*besque", n. [F. arabesque, fr. It. arabesco,
fr. Arabo Arab.]
A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in
low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits,
foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or
imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.
Note: It was employed in Roman imperial ornamentation, and
appeared, without the animal figures, in Moorish and
Arabic decorative art. (See Moresque.) The arabesques
of the Renaissance were founded on Greco-Roman work. Arabesque
Arabesque Ar`a*besque", a.
1. Arabian. [Obs.]
2. Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called
arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.
Arabesqued
Arabesqued Ar`a*besqued", a.
Ornamented in the style of arabesques.
Barbaresque
Barbaresque Bar`ba*resque", a.
Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture. --De
Quincey.
Blottesque
Blottesque Blot*tesque" (bl[o^]t*t[e^]sk"), a. (Painting)
Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted;
wanting in delineation. --Ruskin.
Burlesque
Burlesque Bur*lesque", v. i.
To employ burlesque.
BurlesqueBurlesque Bur*lesque", a. [F. burlesque, fr. It. burlesco, fr.
burla jest, mockery, perh. for burrula, dim. of L. burrae
trifles. See Bur.]
Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images,
or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of
treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock
gravity; jocular; ironical.
It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque
poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the
Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras.
--Addison. Burlesque
Burlesque Bur*lesque", n.
1. Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque
satire.
Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first
represents mean persons in the accouterments of
heroes, the other describes great persons acting and
speaking like the basest among the people.
--Addison.
2. An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite
laughter, or to ridicule anything.
The dull burlesque appeared with impudence, And
pleased by novelty in spite of sense. --Dryden.
3. A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross
perversion.
Who is it that admires, and from the heart is
attached to, national representative assemblies, but
must turn with horror and disgust from such a
profane burlesque and abominable perversion of that
sacred institute? --Burke.
Syn: Mockery; farce; travesty; mimicry.
Burlesquer
Burlesquer Bur*les"quer, n.
One who burlesques.
Dantesque
Dantesque Dan*tesque", a. [Cf. It. Dantesco.]
Dantelike; Dantean. --Earle.
-esque-esque -esque [F., fr. It. -isco. Cf. -ish.]
A suffix of certain words from the French, Italian, and
Spanish. It denotes manner or style; like; as, arabesque,
after the manner of the Arabs. Gigantesque
Gigantesque Gi`gan*tesque", a. [F.]
Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.
The sort of mock-heroic gigantesque With which we
bantered little Lilia first. --Tennyson.
Grotesque
Grotesque Gro*tesque, n.
1. A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old
crypts and grottoes. --Dryden.
2. Artificial grotto-work.
Grotesquely
Grotesquely Gro*tesque"ly, adv.
In a grotesque manner.
Grotesqueness
Grotesqueness Gro*tesque"ness, n.
Quality of being grotesque.
grotesquerieGrotesquery Gro*tesqu"er*y, n. [Written also grotesquerie.]
[From Grotesque.]
Grotesque action, speech, or manners; grotesque doings. ``The
sustained grotesquery of Feather-top.' --K. L. Bates.
Vileness, on the other hand, becomes grotesquerie,
wonderfully converted into a subject of laughter.
--George
Gissing. GrotesqueryGrotesquery Gro*tesqu"er*y, n. [Written also grotesquerie.]
[From Grotesque.]
Grotesque action, speech, or manners; grotesque doings. ``The
sustained grotesquery of Feather-top.' --K. L. Bates.
Vileness, on the other hand, becomes grotesquerie,
wonderfully converted into a subject of laughter.
--George
Gissing. mauresqueMoresque 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. -- n. The Moresque style of architecture or
decoration. See Moorish architecture, under Moorish.
[Written also mauresque.] MauresqueMauresque Mau*resque", a. & n.
See Moresque. MoresqueMoresque 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. -- n. The Moresque style of architecture or
decoration. See Moorish architecture, under Moorish.
[Written also mauresque.] Picaresque
Picaresque Pic`a*resque", a. [F., fr. Sp. picaro rogue.]
Applied to that class of literature in which the principal
personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a
rogue, an adventurer.
PicturesquePicturesque Pic`tur*esque", a. [It. pittoresco: cf. F.
pittoresque. See Pictorial.]
Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture;
representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate
to a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which
is agreeable in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic;
vivid; as, a picturesque scene or attitude; picturesque
language.
What is picturesque as placed in relation to the
beautiful and the sublime? It is . . . the
characteristic pushed into a sensible excess. --De
Quincey. -- Pic`tur*esque"ly, adv. -- Pic`tur*esque"ness,
n. PicturesquelyPicturesque Pic`tur*esque", a. [It. pittoresco: cf. F.
pittoresque. See Pictorial.]
Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture;
representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate
to a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which
is agreeable in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic;
vivid; as, a picturesque scene or attitude; picturesque
language.
What is picturesque as placed in relation to the
beautiful and the sublime? It is . . . the
characteristic pushed into a sensible excess. --De
Quincey. -- Pic`tur*esque"ly, adv. -- Pic`tur*esque"ness,
n. PicturesquenessPicturesque Pic`tur*esque", a. [It. pittoresco: cf. F.
pittoresque. See Pictorial.]
Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture;
representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate
to a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which
is agreeable in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic;
vivid; as, a picturesque scene or attitude; picturesque
language.
What is picturesque as placed in relation to the
beautiful and the sublime? It is . . . the
characteristic pushed into a sensible excess. --De
Quincey. -- Pic`tur*esque"ly, adv. -- Pic`tur*esque"ness,
n. Plateresque
Plateresque Plat`er*esque", a. [Sp. resco, from plata silver.]
(Arch.)
Resembling silver plate; -- said of certain architectural
ornaments.
Raffaelesque
Raffaelesque Raf`fa*el*esque", a.
Raphaelesque.
RomanesqueRomanesque Ro`man*esque", a. [F. romanesque; cf. It.
romanesco.]
1. (Arch.) Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied
sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman empire,
but esp. to the more developed architecture prevailing
from the 8th century to the 12th.
2. Of or pertaining to romance or fable; fanciful.
Romanesque style (Arch.), that which grew up from the
attempts of barbarous people to copy Roman architecture
and apply it to their own purposes. This term is loosely
applied to all the styles of Western Europe, from the fall
of the Western Roman Empire to the appearance of Gothic
architecture. Romanesque
Romanesque Ro`man*esque", n.
Romanesque style.
Romanesque styleRomanesque Ro`man*esque", a. [F. romanesque; cf. It.
romanesco.]
1. (Arch.) Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied
sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman empire,
but esp. to the more developed architecture prevailing
from the 8th century to the 12th.
2. Of or pertaining to romance or fable; fanciful.
Romanesque style (Arch.), that which grew up from the
attempts of barbarous people to copy Roman architecture
and apply it to their own purposes. This term is loosely
applied to all the styles of Western Europe, from the fall
of the Western Roman Empire to the appearance of Gothic
architecture.
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