WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
plat•er•esque
(plat′ə resk′),USA pronunciation adj. (sometimes cap.)
- Architecturenoting or pertaining to a 16th-century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low-relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors.
- Latin -ārius -ary) + -esco -esque; so called because the heavy ornamentation of the style suggested decorated silverwork
- Spanish plateresco, equivalent. to plater(o) silversmith (plat(a) silver; see platina + -ero
- 1835–45