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chinoiserie

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Noun
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chi=noi=se=rie

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun chinoiserie has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

chinoiserien. [F.].
  •  Chinese conduct, art, decoration, or the like; also, a specimen of Chinese manners, art, decoration, etc.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  •  a style in art reflecting Chinese influence, being elaborately decorated and intricately patterned.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chinoiserie, n.
1 the imitation of Chinese motifs and techniques in painting and in decorating furniture.
2 an object or objects in this style.

Etymology
F

THESAURUS

chinoiserie

arabesque, baroque, baroqueness, elaborateness, elegance, fanciness, fineness, flamboyance, floridity, floridness, floweriness, luxuriance, luxuriousness, moresque, ostentation, overelaborateness, overelegance, overornamentation, richness, rococo
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