baroque

1. 1.

   having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation

   “the building...frantically baroque”

   Synonymschurrigueresquechurrigueresco

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2. 2.

   of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750

Other forms of baroque

plural

baroques·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about baroque

What does baroque mean?

baroque means "the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in baroque?

baroque has 2 syllables: baroq-ue. The stress falls on "ue". In IPA it is /bɚˈoʊk/.

What is another word for baroque?

Close synonyms include Baroque era, Baroque period, baroqueness, churrigueresque, churrigueresco. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is baroque a common word?

baroque is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with baroque?

1 word rhymes with baroque. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.