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chinoiserie

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chi=noi=se=rie

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun chinoiserie has 1 sense

chinoiserie(n = noun.artifact) Array - a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patterned; Array

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CIDE DICTIONARY

chinoiserie, n. [F.].

Chinese conduct, art, decoration, or the like; also, a specimen of Chinese manners, art, decoration, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
a style in art reflecting Chinese influence, being elaborately decorated and intricately patterned. [WordNet 1.5]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

chinoiserie, n.
1 the imitation of Chinese motifs and techniques in painting and in decorating furniture.
2 an object or objects in this style.

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chinoiserie

arabesque, baroque, baroqueness, elaborateness, elegance, fanciness, fineness, flamboyance, floridity, floridness, floweriness, luxuriance, luxuriousness, moresque, ostentation, overelaborateness, overelegance, overornamentation, richness, rococo

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