ALL meanings of baroque
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B b - adjective baroque Baroque architecture and art is an elaborate style of architecture and art that was popular in Europe in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. 3
- adjective baroque The baroque style and period in art and architecture are sometimes referred to as the baroque. 3
- adjective baroque Baroque music is a style of European music that was written in the 18th century. 3
- adjective baroque The baroque style and period in music are sometimes referred to as the baroque. 3
- graded adjective baroque Baroque things are complicated and elaborate. 3
- noun baroque a style of architecture and decorative art that flourished throughout Europe from the late 16th to the early 18th century, characterized by extensive ornamentation 3
- noun baroque a 17th-century style of music characterized by extensive use of the thorough bass and of ornamentation 3
- noun baroque any ornate or heavily ornamented style 3
- adjective baroque denoting, being in, or relating to the baroque 3
- adjective baroque (of pearls) irregularly shaped 3
- adjective baroque of, characteristic of, or like a style of art and architecture characterized by much ornamentation and curved rather than straight lines 3
- adjective baroque of, characteristic of, or like a style of music characterized by highly embellished melodies and fugal or contrapuntal forms 3
- adjective baroque designating or of the period in which these styles flourished (c. 1600-1750) 3
- adjective baroque fantastically overdecorated; gaudily ornate 3
- adjective baroque irregular in shape 3
- noun baroque the period of the Baroque style of art 3
- noun Technical meaning of baroque An early logic programming language written by Boyer and Moore in 1972. 1
- adjective baroque elaborate, complex 1
- adjective baroque 17th, 18th century style: elaborate 1
- noun baroque The baroque style. 1
- noun Technical meaning of baroque Feature-encrusted; complex; gaudy; verging on excessive. Said of hardware or (especially) software designs, this has many of the connotations of elephantine or monstrosity but is less extreme and not pejorative in itself. "Metafont even has features to introduce random variations to its letterform output. Now *that* is baroque!" See also rococo. 1
- adjective baroque (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 baroque (sometimes initial capital letter) of or relating to the musical period following the Renaissance, extending roughly from 1600 to 1750. 1
- adjective baroque extravagantly ornate, florid, and convoluted in character or style: the baroque prose of the novel's more lurid passages. 1
- adjective baroque irregular in shape: baroque pearls. 1
- noun baroque (often initial capital letter) the baroque style or period. 1
- noun baroque anything extravagantly ornamented, especially something so ornate as to be in bad taste. 1
- noun baroque an irregularly shaped pearl. 1
- adjective baroque ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail. 0
- adjective baroque complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity. 0
- adjective baroque chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque. 0
- adjective baroque embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts. 0