[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

baroque \baroque"\, a. f.; cf. it. barocco. arch.
   1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, an artistic style
      common in the 17th century, characterized by the use of
      complex and elaborate ornamentation, curved rather than
      straight lines, and, in music a high degree of
      embellishment.
      pjc

   2. hence, overly complicated, or ornamented to excess; in bad
      taste; grotesque; odd.
      1913 webster +pjc

   3. irregular in form; -- said esp. of a pearl.
      webster 1913 suppl.

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

baroque
     adj : having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the
           building...frantically baroque"-william dean howells
           syn: churrigueresque, churrigueresco
     n : elaborate an extensive ornamentation in decorative art and
         architecture that flourished in europe in the 17th
         century syn: baroqueness
see also:
churrigueresque churrigueresco baroqueness 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

60 moby thesaurus words for "baroque":
   gothic, arabesque, bizarre, brain-born, busy, chichi, deformed,
   dream-built, elaborate, elegant, embellished, extravagant,
   fanciful, fancy, fancy-born, fancy-built, fancy-woven, fantasque,
   fantastic, fine, flamboyant, florid, flowery, freak, freakish,
   frilly, fussy, gilt, grotesque, high-wrought, labored, luscious,
   luxuriant, luxurious, maggoty, malformed, misbegotten, misshapen,
   monstrous, moresque, notional, ornamented, ornate, ostentatious,
   outlandish, overelaborate, overelegant, overlabored, overworked,
   overwrought, picturesque, preposterous, pretty-pretty, rich,
   rococo, scrolled, teratogenic, teratoid, whimsical, wild

[4] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

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.


see also:
elephantine monstrosity rococo 

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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
     
     
see also:
logic programming jargon file 

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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
     
     
see also:
elephantine metafont rococo jargon file 

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