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Baroque adj. (Arch.)

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, an artistic style common in the 17th century, characterized by the use of complex and elaborate ornamentation, curved rather than straight lines, and, in music a high degree of embellishment.

Hence, overly complicated, or ornamented to excess; in bad taste; grotesque; odd.

Irregular in form; said esp. of a pearl.

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Etymology of 'Baroque'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... seventeenth century, stood under the sign manual of the Pigtail and Periwig; it was baroque, stilted, bombastic, affected, feeling and form alike were forced, not spontaneous. Verses were turned out by machinery and glued together. Martin Opitz,[14] the recognized leader and king of poets, had travelled ...

— The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and - Modern Times • Alfred Biese

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