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Baroque

//bəˈɹoʊk// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    From or characteristic of the Baroque period.
  2. 2
    Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
  3. 3
    Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
  4. 4
    Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
  5. 5
    Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
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  1. 6
    Characteristic of Western art and music of the Early Modern period. capitalized, sometimes
  2. 7
    Overly and needlessly complicated. figuratively

    "grotesquely baroque bureaucratic hassles"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750 wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A period in Western architecture, art, and music from c. 1600–1760 CE, known for its abundance of drama, rich color, and extensive ornamentation.
  2. 2
    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.
Noun
  1. 1
    An ornate, detailed style.

    "[…] has semi-circular arches similar to those in Bourges, but pierced by unusual and irregular openings, and ringed with amusing portrait heads such as would not be found in the great Gothic Baroques of France."

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

Via French (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape) from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco and Sicilian baroccu, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verruca (“wart”), or possibly from the technical construction of scholastic logic, Baroco.

Etymology 2

Via French (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape) from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco and Sicilian baroccu, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verruca (“wart”), or possibly from the technical construction of scholastic logic, Baroco.

Etymology 3

Via French baroque (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape), from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verrūca (“wart”). It has been suggested that the term derives from Baroco, a technical term from scholastic logic.

Etymology 4

Via French baroque (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape), from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verrūca (“wart”). It has been suggested that the term derives from Baroco, a technical term from scholastic logic.

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