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baroque /bə-rokˈ or -rōkˈ/ noun- (also barockˈ or barocco /bə-rokˈō/ (pl baroccˈos)) a bold, vigorous, exuberant style in architecture, decoration, and art generally, that arose with the Counter-Reformation and prevailed in Louis XIV's time, degenerating into tasteless extravagance in ornament
- A comparable style in music, or literature
- The period dominated by this style
- Orig a jeweller's term applied to a rough pearl
adjective- In baroque style
- Whimsical
- Flamboyant
- Rococo
ORIGIN: Fr from Port and Sp; of architecture, from Ital |