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comparative baroquer, superlative baroquest
Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail. examples
Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity. examples
Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque. examples
Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts. examples
Characteristic of Western art and music of the Early Modern period. examples
(figuratively) Overly and needlessly complicated. examples
plural baroques
An ornate, detailed style. quotations examples
[…] has semi-circular arches similar to those in Bourges, but pierced by unusual and irregular openings, and ringed with amusing portrait heads such as would not be found in the great Gothic Baroques of France.
2003, Michael Jacobs, The Road to Santiago, page 103