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chinoiseries

chinoiseries is the plural of chinoiserie.

Meaning of chinoiserie

Noun

chinoiserie (countable and uncountable, plural chinoiseries)

  1. (countable) An artistic object influenced by Chinese art.
    • [H]e possessed the most delightful chinoiseries—trophies of his sojourn in the Celestial Empire: pagodas of ebony and cabinets of ivory; sculptured monsters, grinning and leering on chimney-pieces, in front of beautifully figured hand-screens; […]1878 July–October, Henry James, Jr., chapter VI, in The Europeans. A Sketch. […], volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1878, →OCLC, page 246
  2. (uncountable) A style in art that reflects the influence of Chinese art.

Questions about chinoiseries

What is chinoiseries the plural of?
Chinoiseries is the plural of chinoiserie.

Words near chinoiseries in the dictionary

  1. Chino Hills
  2. chinoed
  3. chinoidine
  4. chinois
  5. chinoiserie
  6. chinoiseries
  7. chinoises
  8. chinoline
  9. chinolines
  10. chinolone
  11. chinolones

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