Definitions for: Baroque


[n] elaborate an extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
[adj] having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells



Webster (1913) Definition: Ba*roque", a. [F.; cf. It. barocco.] (Arch.)
In bad taste; grotesque; odd.


Ba*roque", a.
Irregular in form; -- said esp. of a pearl.

Synonyms: baroqueness, churrigueresco, churrigueresque, fancy

See Also: artistic style, idiom

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