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Mo⋅resque

  [muh-resk]
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–adjective
Moorish.
Origin:
1605–15; < MF < It moresco, equiv. to Mor(o) Moor + -esco -esque
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Mo·resque   (mô-rěsk', mə-)   
adj.  Characteristic of Moorish art or architecture.
n.  An ornament or a decoration in Moorish style.

[French, from Old French, from Spanish Morisco, Morisco; see Morisco.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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