Etymology

plateresque

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Today it means: Pertaining to an ornate style of architecture of 16th-century Spain suggestive of silver plate. Full definition →

Spanish plateresco
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  1. Spanish · derived fromplateresco“in the manner of a silversmith”
  2. English todayplateresque

From Spanish plateresco (“in the manner of a silversmith”), from platero (“silversmith”), from plata (“silver”).

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