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barococo

American

[bar-uh-koh-koh] / ˌbær əˈkoʊ koʊ /

adjective

excessively ornate or fussy in artistic or architectural style.

Etymology

Origin of barococo

First recorded in 1925–30; ba(roque) + rococo

Example Sentences

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He discovered what came to be the show's essential conception in Eliot Elisofon's picture of Gloria Swanson amid the ruins of Manhattan's Roxy Theater, a barococo movie palace that was demolished in 1960.

From Time Magazine Archive

After him, practically no composers were able to write decent "barococo" music, and the public had to settle for "nobodies like Berlioz and Brahms."

From Time Magazine Archive

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