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baroqueness

n. elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century

churrigueresque, churrigueresco

adj. having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells

embellished, ornamented, ornate

adj. rich in decorative detail

purple, empurpled, ornate, flowery, over-embellished

adj. excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"

kitsch, ostentatious, pretentious

adj. of a display that is tawdry or vulgar

gaudy, flashy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty

adj. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display

flamboyant, aureate, showy, florid

adj. elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"

busy, fussy

adj. overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"

battlemented, castellated, castled, crenelated, crenellated

adj. having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding"

chichi, dressy

adj. in fancy clothing

crackle

adj. having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze"

damascene, damascened

adj. (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals; "a damascened sword"

damask

adj. having a woven pattern; "damask table linens"

elaborate, intricate

adj. marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"

crenelate, crenellate, indented, crenelated, crenellated, embattled

adj. having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding"

lacy, lacelike

adj. made of or resembling lace; "a lacy gown"; "a lacy leaf"

puff, full, puffed

adj. gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves"

rococo

adj. having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; "an exquisite gilded rococo mirror"

vermiculate, vermicular, vermiculated

adj. decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework"

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