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Meaning of baroque

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  baroque
      adj 1: having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the
             building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells
             [syn: {baroque}, {churrigueresque}, {churrigueresco}]
      2: of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately
         ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in
         Europe between 1600 and 1750 [syn: {baroque}, {Baroque}]
      n 1: the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the
           baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in
           Europe [syn: {Baroque}, {Baroque era}, {Baroque period}]
      2: elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and
         architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
         [syn: {baroque}, {baroqueness}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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