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1 rococo -- rank: 1000

rococo definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; "an exquisite gilded rococo mirror" n 1: fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art ... the 18th century Merriam Webster's I. noun Date: 1840 rococo work or style II. adjective Etymology: French, irregular from rocaille ... architecture, and the decorative arts) highly ornamented, florid. --n. the rococo style. Etymology: F, joc. alt. f. ROCAILLE Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rococo Ro*co"co, n. [F.; of uncertain etymology.] A florid ... latter part of the eighteenth century. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rococo Ro*co"co, a. Of or pertaining to the ...

2 rocaille -- rank: 419

... the 18th century and characterized by sinuous foliate forms 2. rococo Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 an 18th-c. style of ornamentation based on rock and shell motifs. 2 a rococo style. Etymology: F f. roc (as ROCK(1)) Webster's ... of rough stones and cement, as for gardens. (b) The rococo system of scroll ornament, based in part on the forms ...

3 Chippendale -- rank: 419

... by Thomas Chippendale; graceful outlines and Greek motifs and massive rococo carvings n 1: a British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful ... English furniture style characterized by graceful outline and often ornate rococo ornamentation II. biographical name Thomas 1718-1779 English cabinetmaker Oxford ... was generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the ...

4 Picturesque -- rank: 209

... picturable, pictural, pleasing, polychrome, pretty, pretty-pretty, quaint, realistic, rich, rococo, scenic, scenographic, scumbled, striking, unique, unusual, vivid

5 Overworked -- rank: 209

... ostentatious, overelaborate, overelegant, overlabored, overwrought, picturesque, platitudinous, pretty-pretty, rich, rococo, stereotyped, trite, truistic

6 overelaborate -- rank: 209

... picturesque, pompous, precieuse, precieux, precious, pretentious, pretty-pretty, rhetorical, rich, rococo, sensational, sensationalistic, sententious, showy, sonorous, stilted, studied, tall, tortuous, unnatural

7 Oudry -- rank: 209

Oudry definitions Britannica Concise French Rococo painter, tapestry designer, and illustrator. Like his paintings, Oudry's ...

8 Overwrought -- rank: 209

... picturesque, pompous, pretentious, pretty-pretty, prodigal, profuse, puffed, rhetorical, rich, rococo, sensational, sensationalistic, sententious, showy, sonorous, stilted, stretched, strung out, superlative ...

9 Outlandish -- rank: 209

... preposterous, primitive, prodigious, puzzling, quaint, queer, rare, remarkable, remote, removed, rococo, rough-and-ready, rude, savage, segregate, sensational, separate, separated, singular ...

10 Ostentatious -- rank: 209

... peacockish, peacocky, pedantic, picturesque, pompous, pretentious, pretty-pretty, rhetorical, rich, rococo, sensational, sensationalistic, sententious, showy, sonorous, splashy, stilted, swank, tall, theatrical ...

11 Ostentation -- rank: 209

... prominence, pronouncedness, prose run mad, representation, retrospective, rhetoric, rhetoricalness, richness, rococo, salience, saliency, seeming, semblance, sensationalism, sententiousness, sham, show, showiness, showing ...

12 Ornate -- rank: 209

... overlabored, overloaded, overworked, overwrought, picturesque, pretty-pretty, purple, resplendent, rich, rococo, sumptuous

13 Old-fashioned -- rank: 209

... use, pensioned off, preservative, relinquished, renounced, resigned, retired, right-wing, rococo, standpat, stodgy, styleless, superannuate, superannuated, superseded, ultraconservative, unfashionable, unprogressive, vintage ...

14 Luxurious -- rank: 209

... for, ravishing, relaxing, reposeful, restful, rich, rich as Croesus, ritzy, rococo, rolling in money, roomy, self-indulgent, sensual, sensuous, showy, snug ...

15 Luxuriant -- rank: 209

... profusive, proliferous, prolific, purple, rampant, rank, replete, rich, rife, riotous, rococo, running over, seminal, showy, sumptuous, superabundant, swarming, teeming, thick, thriving ...