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baroque
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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adj. [common] Feature-encrusted; complex; gaudy; verging on excessive. Said
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of hardware or (esp.) software designs, this has many of the connotations of
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elephantine or monstrosity but is less extreme and not pejorative in itself.
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In the absence of other, more negative descriptions this term suggests that
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the software is trembling on the edge of bad taste but has not quite tipped
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over into it. Metafont even has features to introduce random variations to
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its letterform output. Now that is baroque! See also rococo.
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