Synonyms: baroque, baroqueness
Definition: elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
Similar words: idiom, artistic style
Definition: the style of a particular artist or school or movement
Usage: an imaginative orchestral idiom
Synonyms: Baroque, Baroque era, Baroque period
Definition: the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe
Similar words: historic period, age
Definition: an era of history having some distinctive feature
Usage: we live in a litigious age
Synonyms: baroque, churrigueresco, churrigueresque
Definition: having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation
Usage: the building...frantically baroque-William Dean Howells
Similar words: fancy
Definition: not plain; decorative or ornamented
Usage: fancy handwriting; fancy clothes