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romanesque

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Adjective

HYPHEN

Ro=man=esque

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun romanesque has 1 sense

romanesque(n = noun.cognition) romanesque architecture - a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades;

is a kind of architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecture

has particulars: norman architecture

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CIDE DICTIONARY

romanesque, a. [F. romanesque; cf. It. romanesco.].

Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman empire, but esp. to the more developed architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th. [1913 Webster]
Of or pertaining to romance or fable; fanciful. [1913 Webster]

Romanesque style (Arch.), that which grew up from the attempts of barbarous people to copy Roman architecture and apply it to their own purposes. This term is loosely applied to all the styles of Western Europe, from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the appearance of Gothic architecture.

romanesque, n.

Romanesque style. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

romanesque, n. & adj.
--n. a style of architecture prevalent in Europe c. 900-1200, with massive vaulting and round arches (cf. NORMAN).
--adj. of the Romanesque style of architecture.

Etymology

F f. roman ROMANCE