Baroque

Definition of Baroque

Ba`roque´

a.	1.	(Arch.) 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.
	2.	Hence, overly complicated, or ornamented to excess; in bad taste; grotesque; odd.
	3.	Irregular in form; - said esp. of a pearl.

Related Words

Gothic, arabesque, bizarre, brain-born, busy, chichi, deformed, dream-built, elegant, extravagant, fanciful, fancy, fancy-born, fancy-built, fancy-woven, fantasque, fantastic, fine, flamboyant, florid, flowery, freak, freakish, frilly, fussy, gilt, grotesque, high-wrought, labored, luscious, luxuriant, luxurious, maggoty, malformed, misbegotten, misshapen, monstrous, moresque, notional, ostentatious, outlandish, overelaborate, overelegant, overlabored, overworked, overwrought, picturesque, preposterous, pretty-pretty, rich, rococo, scrolled, teratogenic, teratoid, whimsical, wild

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