ROMANESQUE
\ɹˌə͡ʊme͡ɪnˈɛsk], \ɹˌəʊmeɪnˈɛsk], \ɹ_ˌəʊ_m_eɪ_n_ˈɛ_s_k]\
Definitions of ROMANESQUE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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
By Princeton University
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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
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That which pertains to romance: (arch.) the debased style adopted in the later Roman empire: the dialect of Languedoc and other districts of the south of France.
By Daniel Lyons
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That which appertains to romance; the debased style adopted in architecture, specially subsequent to and imitative of the Roman; the dialect of Languedoc and elsewhere in the South of France.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The debased style of architecture and ornament adopted in the later Roman empire; the common dialects of some of the southern districts of France, founded on the literary Latin and the dialects of anc. Italy; in paint., that which is made up of fable and romance.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. In painting, representing subjects and scenes appropriate to romance; - somewhat resembling the Roman architecture.
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n. In historical painting, the portrayal of fabulous or fanciful subjects;—a style of drawing and colouring natural objects or scenery in imaginary or fantastic forms and not from the life;- any of the forms of architecture derived from the Roman, as Byzantine, Lombard, Saxon, &c,;—the common dialect of languedoc and some other districts in the south of France.
