baroque

Noun
  1. 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 feature
    synonym: baroque era, baroque period
  2. 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 movement
    synonym: baroqueness
Adjective
  1. Having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation (synset 301799504)
    "the building...frantically baroque"
    similar: fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented
    synonym: churrigueresco, churrigueresque
  2. 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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