rococo :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century

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

adj. marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton

embellished, ornamented, ornate

adj. rich in decorative detail

aureate, florid, flamboyant

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

baroque, Baroque

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750

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"

dressy

adj. in fancy clothing

crackle

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

damascene

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, luxuriant

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

embattled, battlemented, castled, castellated

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, puffed

adj. gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves"

vermicular, vermiculate, vermiculated

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

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