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Baroque

1. Adjective.  from the Baroque period in visual art and music.
2. Proper noun.  A period in western architecture from ca. 1600 to the middle of the eighteenth century, known for its abundance of decoration.
3. Proper noun.  A period in western art from ca. 1600 to the middle of the eighteenth century, characterized by drama, rich color, and dramatic contrast between light and shadow.
4. Proper noun.  A period in western music from ca. 1600 to ca. 1760, characterized by extensive use of counterpoint, basso-continuo, and extensive ornamentation.
5. Proper noun.  The chess variant invented in 1962 by mathematician Robert Abbott, or any of its descendants, where pieces move alike, but have differing methods of capture.
6. Adjective.  ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
7. Adjective.  complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
8. Adjective.  chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
9. Adjective.  embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.