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单词 louis quinze
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Louis Quinze

[ kanz; French kanz ]
/ kænz; French kɛ̃z /

adjective

noting or pertaining to the rococo style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the early and mid-18th century, characterized by fantasy, lightness, elegance, and comfort.

Origin of Louis Quinze

1850–55; <French: Louis XV

Words nearby Louis Quinze

Louis, Joe, Louis Napoleon, Louis of Nassau, Louis Philippe, Louis Quatorze, Louis Quinze, Louis Seize, Louis Treize, Louis V, Louis VI, Louis VII
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Example sentences from the Web for Louis Quinze

  • The decorations will be Louis-Quinze, of course, and the café shall remain open all night.

    Notes on Life and Letters|Joseph Conrad
  • Boucher, "the Anacreon of Painting," was the typical painter-decorator of the Louis-quinze period.

    A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools|Various
  • That great personage tapped his Louis-Quinze snuffbox with some impatience.

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British Dictionary definitions for Louis Quinze

Louis Quinze
/ (kænz) /

adjective

of or relating to the rococo style of the furniture, decoration, and architecture of the time of Louis XV of France
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