Definitions for Churrigueresque

Churrigueresque chur·ri·gue·resque

Spelling: [choo r-ee-guh-resk]
IPA: /ˌtʃʊər i gəˈrɛsk/

Churrigueresque is a 15 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 34 points.

You can make 407 anagrams from letters in Churrigueresque (ceeeghiqrrrsuuu).

Definitions for Churrigueresque

adjective

  1. 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.

Origin of Churrigueresque

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

Examples for Churrigueresque

The whole thing was in the worst possible taste, on a level with the bad churrigueresque architecture of the same period.

The influence of Churriguera, who evolved the churrigueresque style, is to be met with in almost every Cathedral in the country.

Externally the structure is completely cased in late Spanish Renaissance or churrigueresque work.

For me a churrigueresque building is the ne plus ultra of bad taste in architecture, and Spain has a wealth of them.

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