Barbaresqueadj.n.
/bɑːbəˈrɛsk/ A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to Barbary in Africa.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > North Africa > Barbary
barbarian1577
Barbaresque1824
1824 J. Galt Rothelan III. 158 A red Barbaresque night~cap.
1881 Times 18 Apr. 4/1 That France should not be permitted to increase her Barbaresque possessions.
2. Barbarous in style, esp. in reference to art. [Compare picturesque.]
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [adjective] > types of artistic treatment or style
antica1536
Moresque1611
barbaric1667
massive1723
popular1730
maniéré1743
regency1811
tedesco1814
massy1817
Barbaresque1831
sensualistic1838
broad1849
conventional1851
expressional1856
tight1891
stylized1898
distressed1940
pop1956
transgressive1969
1831 T. De Quincey Dr. Parr in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 905/1 Architecture..barbaresque—rich in decoration, colossal in proportions, but unsymmetrical.
1851 T. De Quincey On Present State Eng. Lang. in Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 6 97/1 Barbarism..generates its own barbaresque standards of taste.
1859 D. Masson Brit. Novelists iv. 220 The..outstanding barbaresque and primitive in English society.
B. n.
A native of Barbary.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of Barbary > [noun]
barbarian1572
Barbaresque1804
1804 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 21 Our interests against the Barbaresques.
1862 J. M. Ludlow Hist. U.S. 74 Any [peace] concluded..by a Christian power with the Barbaresques.
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