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Adjective: rococo  ru'kow-kow
  1. Having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation
    "an exquisite gilded rococo mirror"
Noun: rococo  ru'kow-kow
  1. Fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century
    "The palace interior was a masterpiece of rococo design, with its delicate pastel colours and curved forms"

Derived forms: rococos

See also: fancy

Type of: artistic style, idiom

Encyclopedia: Rococo