rococo
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rococo (uncountable)
- A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
Translations[edit]
style of baroque architecture etc.
Adjective[edit]
rococo (comparative more rococo, superlative most rococo)
- Of or relating to the rococo style.
- Over-elaborate or complicated; opulent.
- Old-fashioned.
Translations[edit]
of or relating to the rococo style
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over-elaborate
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old-fashioned — see old-fashioned
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Undoubtedly, a word from rocaille and barroco, to denote pejoratively a "rock" style, then gone out-of-fashion; invented in 1797 by Pierre-Maurice Quays, pupil of Jacques-Louis David and firebrand of an austere neoclassical style.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
rococo (plural rococos)
- rococo (architectural style, all senses)
- (abstract, derogatory) Relating to old traditions, which may be seen as foolishly outdated; archaic, old-fashioned, obsolete, backwards.
Further reading[edit]
- “rococo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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