Noun
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elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
- baroqueness -
the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe
- baroque era - baroque period
Adjective
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of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750
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having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation
"the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells