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Louis-Quinze

Louis-Quinze adjective: characteristic of the reign of Louis XV of France (1710-74) in architecture and decoration.

Adjective

Louis-Quinze (not comparable)

  1. Characteristic of the reign of Louis XV of France (1710-74) in architecture and decoration.
    • In the center of the rich red carpet was a black and gold Louis Quinze table, a lovely antique, now sacrilegiously desecrated with marks of glasses and the scars of cigar-stumps.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Origin of Louis-Quinze

From French.

Questions about Louis-Quinze

What does Louis-Quinze mean?
Louis-Quinze means characteristic of the reign of Louis XV of France (1710-74) in architecture and decoration.
What part of speech is Louis-Quinze?
Louis-Quinze is an adjective.

Words near Louis-Quinze in the dictionary

  1. Louis-Bar syndrome
  2. louis-d'or
  3. louis-d'ors
  4. Louis-heeled
  5. Louis-Quatorze
  6. Louis-Quinze
  7. Louis-Seize
  8. Louis.
  9. Louisa
  10. Louisa County
  11. Louisa Creek

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