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Baroque : adj : having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the
building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells
[syn: churrigueresque, churrigueresco]
(noun)
1: elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and
architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th
century [syn: baroqueness]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Baroque : \Ba*roque"\, a.
Irregular in form; -- said esp. of a pearl.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Baroque : \Ba*roque"\, a. [F.; cf. It. barocco.] (Arch.)
In bad taste; grotesque; odd.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Baroque :
An early logic programming language written by Boyer and
Moore in 1972.
["Computational Logic: Structure Sharing and Proof of program
Properties", J. Moore, DCL Memo 67, U Edinburgh 1974].
[{Jargon File]
(1995-02-22)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Baroque :
Feature-encrusted; complex; gaudy; verging on excessive. Said
of hardware or (especially) software designs, this has many of
the connotations of elephantine or monstrosity but is less
extreme and not pejorative in itself. "{Metafont even has
features to introduce random variations to its letterform
output. Now *that* is baroque!"
See also rococo.
[{Jargon File]
(1995-02-22)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Baroque : adj. [common] Feature-encrusted; complex; gaudy; verging on
excessive. Said of hardware or (esp.) software designs, this has many of
the connotations of elephantine or monstrosity but is less extreme
and not pejorative in itself. "Metafont even has features to introduce
random variations to its letterform output. Now _that_ is baroque!" See
also rococo.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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