Rococo

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A style of art, especially architecture and decorative art, that originated in France in the early 18th century and is marked by elaborate ornamentation, as with a profusion of scrolls, foliage, and animal forms.
  • n. A very ornate style of speech or writing.
  • n. Music A style of composition arising in 18th-century France, often viewed as an extension of the baroque, and characterized by a high degree of ornamentation and lightness of expression.
  • adj. Of or relating to the rococo.
  • adj. Immoderately elaborate or complicated.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
  • adj. Of, or relating to the rococo style.
  • adj. Over-elaborate or complicated.
  • adj. Old-fashioned.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the style called rococo; like rococo; florid; fantastic.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A variety of ornament originating in the Louis-Quatorze style and continuing with constantly increasing inorganic exaggeration and extravagance throughout the artistic degeneracy of the Louis-Quinze.
  • n. Especially— A kind of China-ribbon embroidery.
  • n. A kind of Roman work.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century
  • adj. having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation
  • Equivalent
    fancy   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    idiom    artistic style   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    florid    fantastic    extravagant   
    Rhyme
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    Coco    coco   
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