baroque : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: baroque	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for baroque
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baroque adj having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells Synonym(s): baroque, churrigueresque, churrigueresco of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750 Synonym(s): baroque, Baroque n the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe Synonym(s): Baroque, Baroque era, Baroque period elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century Synonym(s): baroque, baroqueness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baroque \Ba*roque"\, a. Irregular in form; -- said esp. of a pearl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baroque \Ba*roque"\, a. [F.; cf. It. barocco.] (Arch.) In bad taste; grotesque; odd.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
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}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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)