rococo
noun
- a style of architecture, decorative art, music, etc. of the early 18th cent. developed from and in reaction to the Baroque and characterized by profuse and delicate ornamentation, reduced scale, lightness, grace, etc.
- a style of architecture, music, etc. regarded, often disparagingly, as like this
adjective
- of or in rococo
- too profuse and elaborate in ornamentation; florid and tasteless
See rococo in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rə-kōˈkō, rōˌkə-kōˈ)
noun also
Rococoa. A style of art, especially architecture and decorative art, that originated in France in the early 18th century and is marked by elaborate ornamentation, as with a profusion of scrolls, foliage, and animal forms.
b. A very ornate style of speech or writing.
- Music A style of composition arising in 18th-century France, often viewed as an extension of the baroque, and characterized by a high degree of ornamentation and lightness of expression.
adjective- also Rococo Of or relating to the rococo.
- Immoderately elaborate or complicated.
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