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Churrigueresque

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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.
[Spanish churrigueresco, after José Benito Churriguera (1665-1725), Spanish architect.]
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Adj.1.churrigueresque - having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells
baroque, churrigueresco
fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"


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