BAROQUE
baroque, churrigueresque, churrigueresco
(adjective) having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; “the building...frantically baroque”-William Dean Howells
baroque, Baroque
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750
baroque, Baroque
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750
baroque, baroqueness
(noun) elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
Baroque, Baroque era, Baroque period
(noun) the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
baroque (comparative baroquer, )
Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
Anagrams
• Baquero
Etymology
Adjective
Baroque (comparative more Baroque, superlative most Baroque)
(arts, music) From or characteristic of the Baroque period.
Proper noun
Baroque
(arts, music) A period in western architecture, art and music from ca. 1600 to ca. 1760 CE, known for its abundance of drama, rich color, and extensive ornamentation.
The chess variant invented in 1962 by mathematician Robert Abbott, or any of its descendants, where pieces move alike, but have differing methods of capture.
Anagrams
• Baquero
Source: Wiktionary
Ba*roque", a. Etym: [F.; cf. It. barocco.] (Arch.)
Definition: In bad taste; grotesque; odd.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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