baroqueness

ba·roque

B0085500 (bə-rōk′)adj.1. also Baroque Of, relating to, or characteristic of a style in art and architecture developed in Europe from the early 17th to mid-18th century, emphasizing dramatic, often strained effect and typified by bold, curving forms, elaborate ornamentation, and overall balance of disparate parts.2. also Baroque Music Of, relating to, or characteristic of a style of composition that flourished in Europe from about 1600 to 1750, marked by expressive dissonance and elaborate ornamentation.3. Extravagant, complex, or bizarre, especially in ornamentation: "the baroque, encoded language of post-structural legal and literary theory" (Wendy Kaminer).4. Irregular in shape: baroque pearls.n. also Baroque The baroque style or period in art, architecture, or music.

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[French, from Italian barocco, imperfect pearl, and from Portuguese barroco.]

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ba·roque′ly adv.ba·roque′ness n.

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baroqueness - elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th centurybaroqueartistic style, idiom - the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"