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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
plateresque /ˌplatəˈrɛsk/

▶adjective (especially of Spanish architecture) richly ornamented in a style suggesting silverware.

– origin C19: from Sp. plateresco, from platero ‘silversmith’, from plata ‘silver’.

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