Definition of rococo
: rococo work or style
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What looks like a fancy rococo wallpaper design in black and white and in gold is actually an arrangement of handcuffs, chains, surveillance cameras, Twitter birds and stylized alpacas—an animal which in China has become a meme against censorship.
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As a strategic argument, this might make sense: Most people are always going to be more worried about their immediate economic prospects than even the most rococo of Washington misdeeds.
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London Lace Scotland is the source for this company's lovely lace window coverings, which range in style from sweet to over-the-top rococo.
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What looks like a fancy rococo wallpaper design in black and white and in gold is actually an arrangement of handcuffs, chains, surveillance cameras, Twitter birds and stylized alpacas—an animal which in China has become a meme against censorship.
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First Known Use of rococo
1835
Definition of rococo
1 a
: of or relating to an artistic style especially of the 18th century characterized by fanciful curved asymmetrical forms and elaborate ornamentation
b
: of or relating to an 18th century musical style marked by light gay ornamentation and departure from thorough-bass and polyphony
2
: excessively ornate or intricate
Examples of rococo in a Sentence
The chairs are carved in a rococo style.
Recent Examples of rococo from the Web
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And their look flits from rococo one day to bohemian the next.
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My interest now, more aesthetic than athletic, is increasingly in the players’ rococo hairdos, body tattoos and exotic first names.
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Items for sale include light fixtures fashioned from Venetian glass and French crystal, along with more than 40 marble mantels carved in a variety of styles, including a Louis XV rococo piece listed for $14,000.
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What inspired the rococo meringues over the doors and niches?
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Lustrous Sara Mearns scaled the heights and plumbed the depths of the choreography’s often rococo dimensions, in which Tyler Angle, as her partner, embodied the adoring cavalier.
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There are plenty of Régence and rococo pieces, but everything is done with such a light hand that the space feels unexpectedly airy.
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Still, however rococo Trump's taste in interiors is, his palate is much more modest.
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The look: Lavishly gilded rococo theatrics in the historic rooms, modern minimalism in others.
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Origin and Etymology of rococo
French, irregular from rocaille rocaille
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Definition of rococo for English Language Learners
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: of or relating to a style of artistic expression that involves fancy curved forms and much decoration and was popular in the 18th century
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