different between baroque vs flowery

English

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 verr?ca (“wart”). It has been suggested that the term derives from Baroco, a technical term from scholastic logic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bæ???k/

Rhymes: -?k

• (US) IPA^(key): /b???o?k/

Rhymes: -??k

Adjective

baroque (comparative baroquer, superlative baroquest)

1. Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
2. Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
3. Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
4. Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
5. Characteristic of Western art music of about the same period.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Baquero

French

Etymology

Middle French baroque, originally denoting a pearl of irregular shape, from Italian barocco, Spanish barrueco, or Portuguese barroco, all possibly from Latin verr?ca (“wart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.??k/

Adjective

baroque (plural baroques)

1. baroque (all senses)

Descendants

• ? English: baroque
• ? Spanish: barroco

Further reading

• “baroque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English floury, equivalent to flower +? -y.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a???i

Adjective

flowery (comparative flowerier or more flowery, superlative floweriest or most flowery)

1. (not comparable) Pertaining to flowers.
2. Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
   • 1879, William Henderson, Notes on the folk-lore of the northern counties of England and the borders

     At last she reached a flowery knoll, at whose feet ran a little burn, shaded with woodbine and wild roses; and there she sat down, burying her face in her hands.

3. (of a speech or piece of writing) overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions

   Synonyms: bombastic, verbose

Translations

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• fowlery, rye wolf