Churrigueresque

Chur·ri·gue·resque  (chr-g-rsk)

adj.

Of or relating to a style of baroque architecture of Spain and its Latin-American colonies, characterized by elaborate and extravagant decoration.

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[Spanish churrigueresco, after José Benito Churriguera (1665-1725), Spanish architect.]

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churrigueresque [ˌtʃʊərɪgəˈrɛsk], churrigueresco

adj

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) of or relating to a style of baroque architecture of Spain in the late 17th and early 18th centuries

[from Spanish churrigueresco in the style of José Churriguera (1650-1725), Spanish architect and sculptor]

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Adj.

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churrigueresque - having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells baroque, churrigueresco fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"