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
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.
• Baquero
Baroque (comparative more Baroque, superlative most Baroque)
(arts, music) From or characteristic of the Baroque period.
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.
• 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
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
