barbaresque

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adjective

having a barbaric form or style

OriginFrench barbaresque →
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Meanings

barbaresque1

adjectivebarbaresque (comparative more barbaresque, superlative most barbaresque)

comparative more barbaresque · superlative most barbaresque

  1. datedhaving a barbaric form or style

    His architecture was barbaresque

    1831, Thomas De Quincey, “Dr. Parr and his Contemporaries”, in Blackwood's Magazine

Barbaresque2

adjectiveBarbaresque (comparative more Barbaresque, superlative most Barbaresque)

comparative more Barbaresque · superlative most Barbaresque

  1. Of or relating to Barbary.

Origin

  1. Frenchbarbaresque
  2. Englishbarbaresque

From French barbaresque. See -esque.

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APA

barbaresque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barbaresque

MLA

“barbaresque.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barbaresque. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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