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(rə kō′kō; occas. rō′kə kō′)

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

Origin: Fr < rocaille, rock work, shell work < roc < OFr roche, rock

adjective

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

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noun also Rococo

a. 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.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , probably alteration of rocaille, rockwork

Origin: , from roc, rock

Origin: , variant of roche

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *rocca

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