baroque (adj.)

  1. of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750

    Baroque (n.)

  1. the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe

    [ Syn: baroque , baroque era , baroque period ]

  2. elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century

    [ Syn: baroqueness ]

    baroque (adj.)

  1. having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; the building...frantically baroque-William Dean Howells

    [ Syn: churrigueresque , churrigueresco ]

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