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BAROQUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
Synonyms:
baroque; baroqueness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("baroque" is a kind of...):
artistic style; idiom (the style of a particular artist or school or movement)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe
Synonyms:
Baroque; Baroque era; Baroque period
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Instance hypernyms:
age; historic period (an era of history having some distinctive feature)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation
Example:
the building...frantically baroque
Synonyms:
baroque; churrigueresco; churrigueresque
Classified under:
Similar:
fancy (not plain; decorative or ornamented)
Derivation:
baroqueness (elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Baroque (the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe)
