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1. (adj.) baroque
(often cap.) of or designating a style of architecture and art of the early 17th to mid-18th century, characterized by curvilinear shapes, exuberant decoration, forms suggesting movement, and dramatic effect.
2. baroque
(sometimes cap.) of or pertaining to the musical period following the Renaissance, extending roughly from 1600 to 1750.
3. baroque
extravagantly ornate in character or style:
baroque writing.
4. baroque
irregular in shape:
baroque pearls.
5. (n.) baroque
(often cap.) the baroque style or period.
6. baroque
an irregularly shaped pearl.
Etymology: (1755–65; < F < Pg barroco, barroca irregularly shaped pearl (of obscure orig.))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Baroque, Baroque era, Baroque period
the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe
2. (adj) baroque, baroqueness
elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
3. (adj) baroque, churrigueresque, churrigueresco
having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation
"the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells
4. (adj) baroque, Baroque
of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Baroque
in bad taste; grotesque; odd
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Baroque
ornamentation of a florid and incongruous character, more lavish and showy rather than true and tasteful; much in vogue from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. Baroque
[common] Feature-encrusted; complex; gaudy; verging on excessive.
Said of hardware or (esp.) software designs, this has many of the
connotations of elephantine or
monstrosity but is less extreme and not pejorative
in itself. In the absence of other, more negative descriptions this term
suggests that the software is trembling on the edge of bad taste but has
not quite tipped over into it. “Metafont even has features to
introduce random variations to its letterform output. Now
that is baroque!” See also
rococo.
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