'Baroque' definitions:
Definition of 'baroque'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells [syn: baroque, churrigueresque, churrigueresco]
adjective
Of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750 [syn: baroque, Baroque]
noun
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]
noun
Elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century [syn: baroque, baroqueness]
Definition of 'Baroque'
From: GCIDE
- Baroque \Ba*roque"\, a. [F.; cf. It. barocco.] (Arch.)
- 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, an artistic style common in the 17th century, characterized by the use of complex and elaborate ornamentation, curved rather than straight lines, and, in music a high degree of embellishment. [PJC]
- 2. Hence, overly complicated, or ornamented to excess; in bad taste; grotesque; odd. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 3. Irregular in form; -- said esp. of a pearl. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'baroque'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arabesque,
- bizarre,
- brain-born,
- busy,
- chichi,
- deformed,
- dream-built,
- elaborate,
- elegant,
- embellished,
- extravagant,
- fanciful,
- fancy,
- fancy-born,
- fancy-built,
- fancy-woven,
- fantasque,
- fantastic,
- fine,
- flamboyant,
- florid,
- flowery,
- freak,
- freakish,
- frilly,
- fussy,
- gilt,
- Gothic,
- grotesque,
- high-wrought,
- labored,
- luscious,
- luxuriant,
- luxurious,
- maggoty,
- malformed,
- misbegotten,
- misshapen,
- monstrous,
- moresque,
- notional,
- ornamented,
- ornate,
- ostentatious,
- outlandish,
- overelaborate,
- overelegant,
- overlabored,
- overworked,
- overwrought,
- picturesque,
- preposterous,
- pretty-pretty,
- rich,
- rococo,
- scrolled,
- teratogenic,
- teratoid,
- whimsical,
- wild