baroque
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/bæˈɹɒk/
English
Definitions
adjective
- Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
- Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
- Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
- Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
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Synonyms
fancybaroquenesschurrigueresquechurriguerescoornateextravagantflamboyantfloridrococoelaborateornamentedlavishostentatiousdetailedintricatesumptuous