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Baroque   Listen
adjective
Baroque  adj.  (Arch.)
1.
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.
2.
Hence, overly complicated, or ornamented to excess; in bad taste; grotesque; odd.
3.
Irregular in form; said esp. of a pearl.






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"Baroque" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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



Words linked to "Baroque" :   Baroque period, fancy, age, historic period, churrigueresque, idiom



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