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Meaning of baroque

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

baroque

Pronunciation:/bæˈɹɒk/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.

  2. Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.

  3. Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.

  4. Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.