moresque

1. 1.

   relating to or characteristic of the Moors

   “Moorish courtyard”

   SynonymsMoorish

Questions about moresque

What does moresque mean?

moresque means "relating to or characteristic of the Moors".

How many syllables are in moresque?

moresque has 3 syllables: mo-re-sque. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for moresque?

Close synonyms include Moorish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is moresque a common word?

moresque is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.