Rococo Definition

rə-kōkō, rōkə-kō
noun
A style of architecture, decorative art, music, etc. of the early 18th cent. developed from and in reaction to the Baroque and characterized by profuse and delicate ornamentation, reduced scale, lightness, grace, etc.
Webster's New World
A style of architecture, music, etc. regarded, often disparagingly, as like this.
Webster's New World
A very ornate style of speech or writing.
American Heritage
A style of composition arising in the 1700s in France, often viewed as an extension of the baroque, and characterized by a high degree of ornamentation and lightness of expression.
American Heritage
adjective
Of or in rococo.
Webster's New World
Too profuse and elaborate in ornamentation; florid and tasteless.
Webster's New World

Old-fashioned.

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Origin of Rococo

  • French probably alteration of rocaille rockwork from roc rock variant of roche from Vulgar Latin rocca

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Rococo Sentence Examples

  • Of the eleven churches, the most interesting is the cathedral of St Stephen, a florid, rococo edifice.

  • In the late 1750s the baroque style evolved into a rococo characterized by rich surface ornamentation in a lavish use of decorative motifs.

  • Curvy furniture in the Rococo style may be paired with neoclassical pieces or even sleek, modern items.

  • The cathedral, dedicated to San Cataldo, an Irish bishop, dating from the 11th century, has externally some remains of Saracenic Gothic; internally it has been completely modernized, and the shrine of the patron saint has been termed "an orgy of rococo."

  • Through frosted rococo cartouches she sings about the virtues of true love accompanied by miniature animated sequences.

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Words Starting With

RROROC

Words Ending With

OCOOCO

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