Definition of "baroque" in English

adjective

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. (sometimes capitalized) Characteristic of Western art and music of the Early Modern period.

6. (figuratively) Overly and needlessly complicated.

   • grotesquely baroque bureaucratic hassles
   • baroque bookkeeping in pursuit of tax dodges

noun

1. An ornate, detailed style.