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Definition: ALHAMBRESQUE

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb alhambresquely.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(alhambresquely)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective alhambresque.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Alhambresque" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: ALHAMBRESQUE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb alhambresquely.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(alhambresquely)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective alhambresque.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "ALHAMBRESQUE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)