rococo

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
 * 2)  A piece of ornamentation in this style.
 * 1)  A piece of ornamentation in this style.

Translations

 * Catalan: rococó
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: rokoko
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: როკოკო
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: rokokko
 * Nynorsk: rokokko
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: rokoko
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Adjective

 * 1) Of or relating to the rococo style.
 * 2) Over-elaborate or complicated; opulent.
 * 3) Old-fashioned.

Translations

 * Danish: rokoko-
 * Finnish:, rokokootyylinen
 * German:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: rokokko-
 * Nynorsk: rokokko-
 * Slovene: rokokojski
 * Swedish: rokoko-


 * Finnish: kruusattu

Etymology
Undoubtedly, a word from and, to denote pejoratively a "rock" style, then gone out-of-fashion; invented in 1797 by , pupil of  and firebrand of an austere neoclassical style.

Adjective

 * 1)  architectural style, all senses
 * 2)  Relating to old traditions, which may be seen as foolishly outdated; archaic, old-fashioned, obsolete, backwards