Baroqueness

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  • noun. The state or condition of being baroque.
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  • noun. elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
  • Word Usage
    "As a writer who since my teenaged days has had one foot in the Spanish world, that is, Spain, whose art, architecture and writing, has always included multiple highways and byways -- an innate baroqueness -- I am used to this muchness."
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