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baroque

noun · adjective

Simple meaning

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

Pronunciation

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bɚˈoʊk

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Definition

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noun

  1. artmusic

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

  2. The chess variant invented in 1962 by mathematician Robert Abbott, or any of its descendants, where pieces move alike, but have differing methods of capture.

  3. artmusic

    A period in Western architecture, art, and music from c. 1600–1760 CE, known for its abundance of drama, rich color, and extensive ornamentation.

  4. An ornate, detailed style.

adjective

  1. Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.

  2. Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.

  3. Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.

  4. figuratively

    Overly and needlessly complicated.

  5. Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.

  6. artmusic

    From or characteristic of the Baroque period.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Moderately Common
Typical Use
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Historic / period

baroque periodbaroque musiclate baroquebaroque architecturebaroque eraitalian baroque

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baroque stylebaroque art

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  • baroque eranounCompound term

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

  • baroque periodnounCompound term

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

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Synonyms

Sense: ornate or intricate or decorated or laden with detail

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