adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the rococo style.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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rococo
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adj
Meaning 2
Over-elaborate or complicated; opulent.
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adj
Meaning 3
Old-fashioned.
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noun
Meaning 4
A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A piece of ornamentation in this style.
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Usage: countable
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an exquisite gilded rococo mirror
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noun
Meaning 7
fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century
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Broader terms: artistic style, idiom
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French rococo.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: rokoko- — of or relating to the rococo style
- Finnish: rokokoo- — of or relating to the rococo style
- Finnish: rokokootyylinen — of or relating to the rococo style
- German: Rokoko- — of or relating to the rococo style
- Norwegian Bokmål: rokokko- — of or relating to the rococo style
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rokokko- — of or relating to the rococo style
- Slovene: rokokojski — of or relating to the rococo style
- Swedish: rokoko- — of or relating to the rococo style
- Finnish: kruusattu — over-elaborate
- Catalan: rococó — style of baroque architecture etc.
- Chinese Mandarin: 洛可可 (luòkěkě) — style of baroque architecture etc.
- Czech: rokoko — style of baroque architecture etc.
- Danish: rokoko — style of baroque architecture etc.
- Finnish: rokokoo — style of baroque architecture etc.
- Georgian: როკოკო (roḳoḳo) — style of baroque architecture etc.
- German: Rokoko — style of baroque architecture etc.
- Hungarian: rokokó — style of baroque architecture etc.
- Indonesian: rococo — style of baroque architecture etc.
- Norwegian Bokmål: rokokko — style of baroque architecture etc.
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rokokko — style of baroque architecture etc.
- Polish: rokoko — style of baroque architecture etc.
- Portuguese: rococó — style of baroque architecture etc.
- Russian: рококо́ (rokokó) — style of baroque architecture etc.
- Slovene: rokoko — style of baroque architecture etc.
- Swedish: rokoko — style of baroque architecture etc.
- Turkish: rokoko — style of baroque architecture etc.
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