'Rococo' definitions:
Definition of 'rococo'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; "an exquisite gilded rococo mirror"
noun
Fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century
Definition of 'Rococo'
From: GCIDE
- Rococo \Ro*co"co\, n. [F.; of uncertain etymology.] A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rococo'
From: GCIDE
- Rococo \Ro*co"co\, a. Of or pertaining to the style called rococo; like rococo; florid; fantastic. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rococo'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arabesque,
- archaic,
- baroque,
- baroqueness,
- bizarre,
- brain-born,
- busy,
- bygone,
- chichi,
- chinoiserie,
- dated,
- deformed,
- dream-built,
- elaborate,
- elaborateness,
- elegance,
- elegant,
- extravagant,
- fanciful,
- fanciness,
- fancy,
- fancy-born,
- fancy-built,
- fancy-woven,
- fantasque,
- fantastic,
- fine,
- fineness,
- flamboyance,
- flamboyant,
- florid,
- floridity,
- floridness,
- floweriness,
- flowery,
- freak,
- freakish,
- frilly,
- fussy,
- Gothic,
- grotesque,
- high-wrought,
- labored,
- luxuriance,
- luxuriant,
- luxurious,
- luxuriousness,
- maggoty,
- malformed,
- misbegotten,
- misshapen,
- moldy,
- monstrous,
- moresque,
- moth-eaten,
- notional,
- old hat,
- ornate,
- ostentation,
- ostentatious,
- outdated,
- outlandish,
- overelaborate,
- overelaborateness,
- overelegance,
- overelegant,
- overlabored,
- overornamentation,
- overworked,
- overwrought,
- passe,
- picturesque,
- preposterous,
- pretty-pretty,
- rich,
- richness,
- teratogenic,
- teratoid,
- whimsical,
- wild