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Baroque Meaning & Definition
Baroque Definition And Meaning

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

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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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