Baroque

Meanings

Adjective

• From or characteristic of the Baroque period.

Proper Noun

• A period in western architecture, art and music from ca. 1600 to ca. 1760 CE, known for its abundance of drama, rich color, and extensive ornamentation.
• 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.

Origin

• Via French (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape) from Portuguese barroco; related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verruca, or possibly from the technical construction of scholastic logic, Baroco.