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1. Having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation
   "the building...frantically baroque"
   - churrigueresque, churrigueresco
    
2. Of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750
   - Baroque

1. Elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
   - baroqueness

1. The historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe
   - Baroque era, Baroque period

Derived forms: baroques

See also: fancy

Type of: age, artistic style, historic period, idiom

Encyclopedia: Baroque