[plat-uh-resk] 
) | noting or pertaining to a 16th-century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low-relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors. |
| Plat·er·esque (plāt'ər-ěsk') adj. Of or relating to a style of 16th-century Spanish architecture characterized by lavish ornament in a variety of motifs, especially Gothic, Renaissance, and Moorish. [Spanish plateresco, in the manner of a silversmith, Plateresque, from platero, silversmith, from plata, silver; see platina.] |