CHURRIGUERESQUE

baroque, churrigueresque, churrigueresco

(adjective) having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; “the building...frantically baroque”-William Dean Howells

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

Churrigueresque (not comparable)

(architecture) Relating to a Spanish baroque architectural style that started in the late 17th century to the early 18th century; characterized by flamboyant ornamentation

Source: Wiktionary



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PRESENTATION

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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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