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baroque [bar-rock] Noun 1. a highly ornate style of architecture and art, popular in Europe from the late 16th to the early 18th century 2. a highly ornamented 17th-century style of music Adjective ornate in style [French from Portuguese barroco imperfectly shaped pearl] baroque a highly decorated form of art or ornamentation. — baroque, adj. See also: Architecture, Art
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baroque adjective ornate, fancy, bizarre, elegant, decorated, elaborate, extravagant, flamboyant, grotesque, convoluted, flowery, rococo, florid, bedecked, overelaborate, overdecorated Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In addition to a home for the dance company, the center offers classes in ballet, modern, jazz, hip hop, tap, West African, yoga, Pilates, and workshops in tango, Baroque dance, and Indian dance. Therefore, the piano teacher can find in these volumes a treasure trove of rarely played music in the baroque style preceding J. But there are ample surprises too: The baroque pop of "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" recalls classic-era Kinks, while the penultimate "Fade Together" is a dreamy, pastel-colored ballad in three-quarter time, Alas, no same-sex come-ons, a la their early single "Michael," but only the hardest of hearts could spurn this stellar second effort. |
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