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rococo

noun

  1. 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.
  2. a style of architecture, music, etc. regarded, often disparagingly, as like this

adjective

  1. of or in rococo
  2. too profuse and elaborate in ornamentation; florid and tasteless

See rococo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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