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barbaresque

barbaresque adjective: having a barbaric form or style.

Adjective (1)

barbaresque (comparative more barbaresque, superlative most barbaresque)

  1. (dated) having a barbaric form or style
    • His architecture was barbaresque1831, Thomas De Quincey, “Dr. Parr and his Contemporaries”, in Blackwood's Magazine

Adjective (2) capitalized: Barbaresque

Barbaresque (comparative more Barbaresque, superlative most Barbaresque)

  1. Of or relating to Barbary.

Forms of barbaresque

comparativemore barbaresque
superlativemost barbaresque
comparativemore Barbaresque
superlativemost Barbaresque

Origin of barbaresque

From French barbaresque. See -esque.

Questions about barbaresque

What does barbaresque mean?
Barbaresque means having a barbaric form or style.
What part of speech is barbaresque?
Barbaresque is an adjective.

Words near barbaresque in the dictionary

  1. barbaralanes
  2. barbaralyl
  3. barbaras
  4. Barbareno
  5. Barbaresco
  6. barbaresque
  7. Barbareño
  8. Barbari
  9. Barbari bread
  10. Barbari breads
  11. barbarian

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