plateresque

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adjective

Pertaining to an ornate style of architecture of 16th-century Spain suggestive of silver plate.

OriginSpanish plateresco →
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Meanings

plateresque1

adjectiveplateresque (comparative more plateresque, superlative most plateresque)

comparative more plateresque · superlative most plateresque

  1. Pertaining to an ornate style of architecture of 16th-century Spain suggestive of silver plate.

Plateresque2

adjectivePlateresque (comparative more Plateresque, superlative most Plateresque)

comparative more Plateresque · superlative most Plateresque

  1. alternativeAlternative form of plateresque.

Origin

  1. Spanishplateresco“in the manner of a silversmith”
  2. Englishplateresque

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plateresque,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plateresque.

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