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plateresque

plat·er·esque [ plàttə résk ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
elaborately decorated: relating to a heavily decorated architectural style fashionable in 16th-century Spain, reminiscent of elaborate silverware

[Late 19th century. < Spanish plateresco< platero "silversmith" < plata "silver"]
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