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churrigueresque [choo r-ee-guh-resk] ExamplesWord Origin 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 [Spanish choor-ree-ge-res-kaw] /Spanish tʃurˌri gɛˈrɛs kɔ/. Origin of churrigueresque 1835–45; French Spanish churrigueresco, after José Churriguera (1650–1725), baroque architect and sculptor + -esco -esque Examples from the Web for churrigueresque Historical Examples of churrigueresque
The influence of Churriguera, who evolved the Churrigueresque style, is to be met with in almost every Cathedral in the country.
William Wiehe Collins
For me a Churrigueresque building is the ne plus ultra of bad taste in architecture, and Spain has a wealth of them.
Elizabeth Boyle O’Reilly
The whole thing was in the worst possible taste, on a level with the bad Churrigueresque architecture of the same period.
Elizabeth Boyle O’Reilly
Externally the structure is completely cased in late Spanish Renaissance or Churrigueresque work.
Edgar T. A. Wigram
British Dictionary definitions for churrigueresque churrigueresque churrigueresco adjective
- of or relating to a style of baroque architecture of Spain in the late 17th and early 18th centuries
Word Origin for churrigueresque C19: from Spanish churrigueresco in the style of José Churriguera (1650–1725), Spanish architect and sculptor
