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   Ro·co·co

   /rəˈkōkō/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of furniture or architecture) of or characterized by an elaborately ornamental late baroque style of decoration prevalent in 18th-century Continental Europe, with asymmetrical patterns involving motifs and scrollwork: "a rococo carved gilt mirror"
   • ▪ extravagantly or excessively ornate, especially (of music or literature) highly ornamented and florid: "his labyrinthine sentences and rococo usages"

   noun

   • 1. the rococo style of art, decoration, or architecture: "rococo is alive and living in our hearts"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from French, humorous alteration of rocaille.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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