Adjective: baroque
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | baroquer |
| Superlative | baroquest |
Perifrastic
Sample Sentences
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According to baroque.org, characteristics of baroque music include loud and soft dynamics, emphasis on harmony, and the use of string instruments and the harpsichord. [2022 May 2, Mary Beth Bauermann, “Bach-Rock: When Rock Went Baroque”, in Flat Hat Magazine, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2025:]
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grotesquely baroque bureaucratic hassles
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baroque bookkeeping in pursuit of tax dodges
Adjectives inflected like baroque
scarce,
smoove,
sombre,
wholsome,
sheene,
bolshie,
baroque,
concrete,
seveare,
comf'table,
shrewde,
'umble,
grislie,
unsubtle,
ungentle,
indiscrete,
couthie,
chavvie,
lissome,
cutesie, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
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 verrūca (“wart”). It has been suggested that the term derives from Baroco, a technical term from scholastic logic. See: French Adjectives '
baroque', Portuguese Adjectives '
barroco', Spanish Adjectives '
barrueco', Italian Adjectives '
barocco'.