## Meanings
1. In the highly decorated, dramatic style of European art and music of about 1600 to 1750.
2. Far too complicated or elaborate.
3. The ornate artistic style of 17th-century Europe.

## Examples
- The church was a fine example of baroque architecture.
- The new tax form involved baroque, confusing rules.
- She wrote her thesis on music of the baroque.

## Derived Forms
- barococo
- baroquely
- baroqueness
- baroquey
- baroquism
- neo-baroque
- unbaroque

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: baroque
- Root: barroco
- Root: verrūca

## Etymology
Via French baroque (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape), from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verrūca (“wart”). It has been suggested that the term derives from Baroco, a technical term from scholastic logic.

## AI Etymology
Baroque comes via French baroque (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape), from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verrūca (“wart”). It has been suggested that the term derives from Baroco, a technical term from scholastic logic. Important recorded forms include baroque (French), barroco (Portuguese), and verrūca (Latin). Current senses include in the highly decorated, dramatic style of European art and music of about 1600 to 1750, far too complicated or elaborate, and the ornate artistic style of 17th-century Europe. The wider family includes derived forms such as barococo, baroquely, baroqueness, baroquey, and baroquism.

## Topics
- Art & Music

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