baroques

ba·roque

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [buh-rohk; French ba-rawk]
- /bəˈroʊk; French baˈrɔk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [buh-rohk; French ba-rawk]
- /bəˈroʊk; French baˈrɔk/

Definitions of baroques word

adjective baroques (often initial capital letter) of or relating to a style of architecture and art originating in Italy in the early 17th century and variously prevalent in Europe and the New World for a century and a half, characterized by free and sculptural use of the classical orders and ornament, by forms in elevation and plan suggesting movement, and by dramatic effect in which architecture, painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts often worked to combined effect. 1
adjective baroques (sometimes initial capital letter) of or relating to the musical period following the Renaissance, extending roughly from 1600 to 1750. 1
adjective baroques extravagantly ornate, florid, and convoluted in character or style: the baroque prose of the novel's more lurid passages. 1
adjective baroques irregular in shape: baroque pearls. 1
noun baroques (often initial capital letter) the baroque style or period. 1
noun baroques anything extravagantly ornamented, especially something so ornate as to be in bad taste. 1

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Origin of baroques

First appearance:

before 1755

One of the 47% newest English words

1755-65; < French < Portuguese barroco, barroca irregularly shaped pearl (of obscure origin; compare Spanish berrueco, barrueco granitic crag, irregular pearl, spherical nodule), probably conflated with Medieval Latin baroco invented word for a kind of obfuscating syllogism

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baroques popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

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