baroque

adjective6

1. •
   Characteristic of Western art and music of the Early Modern period.

   • 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
2. •
   Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
3. •
   Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
4. •
   (figurative) Overly and needlessly complicated.

   • grotesquely baroque bureaucratic hassles
   • baroque bookkeeping in pursuit of tax dodges
5. •
   Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
6. •
   Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.

noun1

1. •
   An ornate, detailed style.

adjective1

1. •
   From or characteristic of the Baroque period.