rococo

Borrowed from French rococo.

• Rhymes: -əʊkəʊ

rococo (uncountable)

1. A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th century France, having elaborate ornamentation.

rococo (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to the rococo style.
2. Over-elaborate or complicated; opulent.
3. Old-fashioned.

Undoubtedly, a word from rocaille and barroco, to denote pejoratively a "rock" style, then gone out-of-fashion; invented in 1797 by Pierre-Maurice Quays, pupil of Jacques-Louis David and firebrand of an austere neoclassical style.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.kɔ.ko/

rococo (plural rococos)

1. rococo (architectural style, all senses)
2. (abstract, derogatory) Relating to old traditions, which may be seen as foolishly outdated; archaic, old-fashioned, obsolete, backwards.

• “rococo” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).