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Rococo : adj : having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; "an exquisite
gilded rococo mirror"
(noun)
1: fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and
architecture that originated in France in the 18th
century
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Rococo : \Ro*co"co\, n. [F.; of uncertain etymology.]
A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in
the latter part of the eighteenth century.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Rococo : \Ro*co"co\, a.
Of or pertaining to the style called rococo; like rococo;
florid; fantastic.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Rococo :
Baroque in the extreme. Used to imply that
a program has become so encrusted with the software equivalent
of gold leaf and curlicues that they have completely swamped
the underlying design. Called after the later and more
extreme forms of Baroque architecture and decoration prevalent
during the mid-1700s in Europe. Alan Perlis said: "Every
program eventually becomes rococo, and then rubble."
Compare critical mass.
[{Jargon File]
(1996-04-06)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Rococo : adj. Terminally baroque. Used to imply that a program has
become so encrusted with the software equivalent of gold leaf and
curlicues that they have completely swamped the underlying design.
Called after the later and more extreme forms of Baroque architecture
and decoration prevalent during the mid-1700s in Europe. Alan Perlis
said: "Every program eventually becomes rococo, and then rubble."
Compare critical mass.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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