ALL meanings of rococo
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R r - noun Technical meaning of rococo (jargon, abuse) Baroque in the extreme. Used to imply that a program has become so encrusted with the software equivalent of gold leaf and curlicues that they have completely swamped the underlying design. Called after the later and more extreme forms of Baroque architecture and decoration prevalent during the mid-1700s in Europe. Alan Perlis said: "Every program eventually becomes rococo, and then rubble." Compare critical mass. 1
- noun rococo a style of architecture and decoration, originating in France about 1720, evolved from Baroque types and distinguished by its elegant refinement in using different materials for a delicate overall effect and by its ornament of shellwork, foliage, etc. 1
- noun rococo a homophonic musical style of the middle 18th century, marked by a generally superficial elegance and charm and by the use of elaborate ornamentation and stereotyped devices. 1
- adjective rococo (initial capital letter) Fine Arts. noting or pertaining to a style of painting developed simultaneously with the rococo in architecture and decoration, characterized chiefly by smallness of scale, delicacy of color, freedom of brushwork, and the selection of playful subjects as thematic material. designating a corresponding style of sculpture, chiefly characterized by diminutiveness of Baroque forms and playfulness of theme. 1
- adjective rococo of, pertaining to, in the manner of, or suggested by rococo architecture, decoration, or music or the general atmosphere and spirit of the rococo: rococo charm. 1
- adjective rococo ornate or florid in speech, literary style, etc. 1
- uncountable noun rococo Rococo is a decorative style that was popular in Europe in the eighteenth century. Rococo buildings, furniture, and works of art often include complicated curly decoration. 0
- noun rococo a style of architecture and decoration that originated in France in the early 18th century, characterized by elaborate but graceful, light, ornamentation, often containing asymmetrical motifs 0
- noun rococo an 18th-century style of music characterized by petite prettiness, a decline in the use of counterpoint, and extreme use of ornamentation 0
- noun rococo any florid or excessively ornamental style 0
- adjective rococo denoting, being in, or relating to the rococo 0
- adjective rococo florid or excessively elaborate 0
- noun rococo a style of architecture, decorative art, music, etc. of the early 18th cent. developed from and in reaction to the Baroque and characterized by profuse and delicate ornamentation, reduced scale, lightness, grace, etc. 0
- noun rococo a style of architecture, music, etc. regarded, often disparagingly, as like this 0
- adjective rococo of or in rococo 0
- adjective rococo too profuse and elaborate in ornamentation; florid and tasteless 0