baroque Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe
    Baroque era; Baroque period.
  2. noun elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
    baroqueness.
  3. adjective satellite having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation
    churrigueresco; churrigueresque.
    • the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells
  4. adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750

WordNet

Ba*roque" adjective
Etymology
F.; cf. It. barocco.
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) In bad taste; grotesque; odd.

Webster 1913