Byzantine vs Byzantinesque - What's the difference?
byzantine | byzantinesque |
Overly complex or intricate.
Of or pertaining to Byzantium.
of a devious, usually stealthy manner, of practice.
(rare) A native of Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul)
(history) Belonging to the civilization of the Eastern Roman empire between 331, when its capital was moved to Constantinople, and 1453, when that capital was conquered by the Turks and ultimately renamed Istanbul.
(coin)
As adjectives the difference between byzantine and byzantinesque
is that byzantine is while byzantinesque is characteristic of byzantine art or culture.As a noun byzantine
is (historical) a byzant (coin).byzantine
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Alternative forms
* byzantineAdjective
(en adjective)- a Byzantine system of regulations