baroque

Meaning

Adjective

Origin

  • Via French baroque (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape), from Portuguese barroco ("irregular pearl"); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verrÅ«ca ("wart"). It has been suggested that the term derives from Baroco, a technical term from scholastic logic.

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