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churrigueresco

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chur⋅ri⋅gue⋅resque

  [choor-ee-guh-resk]
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–adjective
noting or pertaining to the baroque architecture of Spain and its colonies in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, characterized by fantastic and lavish detailing.
Also, chur⋅ri⋅gue⋅res⋅co  [Sp. choor-ree-ge-res-kaw] .

Origin:
1835–45; < F < Sp churrigueresco, after José Churriguera (1650–1725), baroque architect and sculptor + -esco -esque
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churrigueresco

adjective
having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells [syn: baroque] 
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