rococo Definition
rococo
noun
- 1. A style of architecture, decoration and furniture-making originating in France in the early 18c, characterized by elaborate ornamentation and unsymmetrical and broken curves; a freer development of the baroque.
2. A style of music of the 18c characterized by similarly elaborate ornamentation.
- 1. Relating to, or in, this style.
2. Said of music, literature, etc: florid and elaborate.
