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adjective

Baroque adj. (Arch.)

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, an artistic style common in the 17th century, characterized by the use of complex and elaborate ornamentation, curved rather than straight lines, and, in music a high degree of embellishment.

Hence, overly complicated, or ornamented to excess; in bad taste; grotesque; odd.

Irregular in form; said esp. of a pearl.

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Etymology of 'Baroque'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Baroque" Quotes from Famous Books

... origin or period, or even, wonderful as they are, of a taste quite so perfect. They have been put on at a later time, by a process of which there are very few examples, and none so important as this, which is really quite unique—so that, though the whole thing is a little baroque, its value as a specimen is, I ...

— The Golden Bowl • Henry James

... and convulsive activity of his music, nothing really progresses, develops, happens in it. Above all, the stylistic severity of Brahms in Reger has become a confusion of styles; an absence of style. The classic has become the baroque. ...

— Musical Portraits - Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers • Paul Rosenfeld

... seventeenth century, stood under the sign manual of the Pigtail and Periwig; it was baroque, stilted, bombastic, affected, feeling and form alike were forced, not spontaneous. Verses were turned out by machinery and glued together. Martin Opitz,[14] the recognized leader and king of poets, had travelled far, but there is no distinct feeling ...

— The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and - Modern Times • Alfred Biese