churrigueresque

American

[choor-ee-guh-resk] / ˌtʃʊər i gəˈrɛsk /

Spanish churrigueresco

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.

churrigueresque British

/ ˌtʃʊərɪɡəˈrɛsk /

adjective

of or relating to a style of baroque architecture of Spain in the late 17th and early 18th centuries

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Etymology

Origin of churrigueresque

1835–45; < French < Spanish churrigueresco, after José Churriguera (1650–1725), baroque architect and sculptor + -esco -esque

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Their obsessive and repetitive sobriety is, weirdly, as dizzying as the overwrought freneticism of the baroque or churrigueresque.

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