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rococo /rə-, rō-kōˈkō or rō-kō-kōˈ/ noun (pl rococos)- A style of architecture, decoration and furniture-making prevailing in Louis XV's time, marked by endless multiplication of ornamental details unrelated to structure, with rockwork, shells, scrolls and unsymmetrical broken curves, a lighter, freer development of the baroque
- The equivalent of this style in other arts, esp music
adjective- In the style of rococo
- Florid, extravagant in style
- Grotesque
- Old-fashioned and odd (obsolete)
ORIGIN: Fr, prob from rocaille rockwork |