About The Word Baroque
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Baroque
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What's The Definition Of Baroque?
[n] elaborate an extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
[adj] having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells Synonyms | Synonyms for Baroque: baroqueness | churrigueresco | churrigueresque | fancy Related Terms | Find terms related to Baroque: arabesque | bizarre | brain-born | busy | chichi | deformed | dream-built | elaborate | elegant | embellished | extravagant | fanciful | fancy | fancy-born | fancy-built | fancy-woven | fantasque | fantastic | fine | flamboyant | florid | flowery | freak | freakish | frilly | fussy | gilt | Gothic | grotesque | high-wrought | labored | luscious | luxuriant | luxurious | maggoty | malformed | misbegotten | misshapen | monstrous | moresque | notional | ornamented | ornate | ostentatious | outlandish | overelaborate | overelegant | overlabored | overworked | overwrought | picturesque | preposterous | pretty-pretty | rich | rococo | scrolled | teratogenic | teratoid | whimsical | wild See Also | artistic style | idiom Baroque In Webster's Dictionary \Ba*roque"\, a. [F.; cf. It. barocco.] (Arch.)
In bad taste; grotesque; odd.
\Ba*roque"\, a. Irregular in form; -- said esp. of a pearl. |
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