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barock

barock is the obsolete form of baroque.

Meaning of baroque

Adjective

baroque (comparative baroquer, superlative baroquest)

  1. Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
  2. Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
  3. Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
  4. Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
  5. (capitalized, sometimes) Characteristic of Western art and music of the Early Modern period.
    • According to baroque.org, characteristics of baroque music include loud and soft dynamics, emphasis on harmony, and the use of string instruments and the harpsichord.2022 May 2, Mary Beth Bauermann, “Bach-Rock: When Rock Went Baroque”, in Flat Hat Magazine, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2025
  6. (figuratively) Overly and needlessly complicated.
    • grotesquely baroque bureaucratic hassles

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Questions about barock

What is barock the obsolete form of?
Barock is the obsolete form of baroque.

Words near barock in the dictionary

  1. barochoric
  2. barochorous
  3. barochory
  4. Barocio
  5. Barocios
  6. barock
  7. barocline
  8. baroclinic
  9. baroclinically
  10. baroclinicity
  11. baroclinity

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