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Adamesque

adjective
Ad·​am·​esque | \ ¦a-də-¦mesk\

Definition of Adamesque

of architecture and furniture
: derived from the style of the brothers Adam attenuated delicacies of Mount Vernon's Adamesque ceilings— Hugh Morrison

First Known Use of Adamesque

1881, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Adamesque

Robert and James Adam + English -esque

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