baroque

See also Baroque

English

Etymology

From French baroque (originally designating a pearl of irregular shape), from either Portuguese barroco, Spanish barroco or Italian barocco, of unknown ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bæˈrɒk/

Rhymes: -ɒk

• (US) IPA: /bəˈroʊk/

Rhymes: -əʊk

Adjective

baroque (comparative more baroque, superlative most baroque)

1. ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
2. complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
3. chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
4. embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.

Translations

laden with detail

complex and beautiful

grotesque

embellished

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French

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Adjective

baroque (masculine and feminine, plural baroques)

1. baroque (all senses)