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.

French

Adjective

plateresque (plural plateresques)

1. plateresque

Further reading

• “plateresque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.