Greekesque

English Etymology From en Greek esque. en Greekish. Adjective Resembling a Greek appearance or style. en 1879 Lectures on the Rise and Development of Mediæval Architecture Sir George Gilbert Scott In the nave of Nôtre Dame every vestige of this Greekesque foliage is got rid of, its general outline alone excepted; and a kind perfectly new and most truly noble is substituted, founded slightly on reminiscences of the true Romanesque foliage previous to the Oriental importation, retaining the outline suggested by the acanthus leaf, but worked up into a form which had never before been hinted at, and which was destined to effect a great revolution in this branch of art. en 1914 Young Men - Volume 40 27 Noble specimen he with the Greekesque bootees, tiger skin jock, and plastered all over with swellings that look like a bad case of boils. en 1929 The Encyclopedia britannica - Volume 9 James Louis Garvin; Franklin Henry Hooper; Warren E. Cox 245 The sculptural and pictorial arts of west Europe may claim to be Byzantinesque, but never, till the modern revivals, could architecture as a fine art think itself Greekesque. en 1993 Beyond happiness: the intimate memoirs of Billy Lee Belle Peter McGehee 18 We drove around until we spotted a white, stucco, "Greekesque" motor inn.