Moresque is an English word with synonyms like moorish or muslim. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Moresque in a sentence
Moresque meaning
Moorish
Using Moresque
- The main meaning on this page is: Moorish
- Useful related words include: moorish, muslim, moslem.
Context around Moresque
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Moresque
- In this selection, "moresque" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hispano and ware stand out and add context to how "moresque" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include from the moresque with decorative and the hispano moresque ware produced. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "moresque" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with moresque
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These objects also included the Hispano-Moresque ware produced by mostly Mudéjar potters in Spain. (15 words)
According to Harold Osborne, in France, the "characteristic development of the French arabesque combined bandwork deriving from the moresque with decorative acanthus foliage radiating from C-scrolls connected by short bars". (31 words)
According to Harold Osborne, in France, the "characteristic development of the French arabesque combined bandwork deriving from the moresque with decorative acanthus foliage radiating from C-scrolls connected by short bars". (31 words)
These objects also included the Hispano-Moresque ware produced by mostly Mudéjar potters in Spain. (15 words)
Example sentences (2)
According to Harold Osborne, in France, the "characteristic development of the French arabesque combined bandwork deriving from the moresque with decorative acanthus foliage radiating from C-scrolls connected by short bars".
These objects also included the Hispano-Moresque ware produced by mostly Mudéjar potters in Spain.