Found 2 items, similar to baroque.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: baroque baroque adj : having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; “the building...frantically baroque”-William Dean Howells [syn: churrigueresque, churrigueresco] n : elaborate an extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century [syn: baroqueness]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Baroque Baroque \Ba*roque"\, a. [F.; cf. It. barocco.] (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. [PJC] 2. Hence, overly complicated, or ornamented to excess; in bad taste; grotesque; odd. [1913 Webster +PJC] 3. Irregular in form; -- said esp. of a pearl. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]