barbaresque
See also: Barbaresque
English
Etymology
From French barbaresque. See -esque.
Adjective
barbaresque (comparative more barbaresque, superlative most barbaresque)
- barbaric in form or style
- 1831, Thomas De Quincey, Dr. Parr and his Contemporaries (published in Blackwood's Magazine)
- His architecture was barbaresque
- 1831, Thomas De Quincey, Dr. Parr and his Contemporaries (published in Blackwood's Magazine)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for barbaresque in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Pronunciation
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Adjective
barbaresque (plural barbaresques)
- (relational) Barbary
Noun
barbaresque m (plural barbaresques)
- Barbary pirate
Further reading
- “barbaresque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.