rococo.

1. In the elaborately curved and richly decorated artistic style associated with eighteenth-century European design.

2. Excessively elaborate or ornate in style.

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Words that belong together

• rococo interior
• rococo ornament

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The rococo interior combined curved ornament with an asymmetrical arrangement.

The catalog distinguished rococo ornament from the plainer later additions.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more rococo; superlative most rococo where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: clarity and ornament, narrative perspective, style analysis. Disciplines: literary writing, narrative analysis, advanced English. Commonness: uncommon.