baroque
Noun
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The historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe (synset 115283887)
instance hypernym: age, historic period - an era of history having some distinctive featuresynonym: baroque era, baroque period
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Elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century (synset 104705655)
hypernym: artistic style, idiom - the style of a particular artist or school or movementsynonym: baroqueness
Adjective
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Having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation (synset 301799504)
"the building...frantically baroque"similar: fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamentedsynonym: churrigueresco, churrigueresque
- Of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750 (synset 302985568)
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