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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
rococo
adj 1: having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; "an
exquisite gilded rococo mirror"
n 1: fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and
architecture that originated in France in the 18th century
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Rococo \Ro*co"co\, n. [F.; of uncertain etymology.]
A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in
the latter part of the eighteenth century.
[1913 Webster]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Rococo \Ro*co"co\, a.
Of or pertaining to the style called rococo; like rococo;
florid; fantastic.
[1913 Webster]
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4. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) |
rococo
adj.
Terminally baroque. Used to imply that a program has become so encrusted
with the software equivalent of gold leaf and curlicues that they have
completely swamped the underlying design. Called after the later and more
extreme forms of Baroque architecture and decoration prevalent during the
mid-1700s in Europe. Alan Perlis said: ?Every program eventually becomes
rococo, and then rubble.? Compare critical mass.
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5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
rococo
Baroque in the extreme. Used to imply that
a program has become so encrusted with the software equivalent
of gold leaf and curlicues that they have completely swamped
the underlying design. Called after the later and more
extreme forms of Baroque architecture and decoration prevalent
during the mid-1700s in Europe. Alan Perlis said: "Every
program eventually becomes rococo, and then rubble."
Compare critical mass.
[Jargon File]
(1996-04-06)
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Thesaurus Results for rococo:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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