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Barbaresque

Barbaresque \Bar`ba*resque"\, a. Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture.
--De Quincey.

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barbaresque

a. barbaric in form or style

Usage examples of "barbaresque".

She was dressed in the lightest silk bliaud with huge, square barbaresque sleeves that reached the ground.

Sier Quesnes was dressed in barbaresque fashion, in a bournous of cendal shot with gold thread.

Quesnes was dressed in barbaresque fashion, in a bournous of cendal shot with gold thread.