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1. (n.) rococo
an artistic style, chiefly of 18th-century France, marked by elegance and delicate ornamentation.
2. rococo
a homophonic 18th-century musical style marked by a witty fluency.
3. (adj.) rococo
pertaining to or characteristic of rococo.
4. rococo
ornate or florid in speech, literary style, etc.
Etymology: (1830–40; < F, akin to rocaillerocaille)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) rococo
fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century
2. (adj) rococo
having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation
"an exquisite gilded rococo mirror"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) rococo
of or pertaining to the style called rococo; like rococo; florid; fantastic
2. (noun) rococo
a florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. rococo
name given to a debased style of architecture, overlaid with a tasteless, senseless profusion of fantastic ornamentation, without unity of design or purpose, which prevailed in France and elsewhere in the 18th century.
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. rococo
Terminally baroque. Used to imply that a
program has become so encrusted with the software equivalent of gold leaf
and curlicues that they have completely swamped the underlying design.
Called after the later and more extreme forms of Baroque architecture and
decoration prevalent during the mid-1700s in Europe. Alan Perlis said:
“Every program eventually becomes rococo, and then rubble.”
Compare critical mass.
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