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rococo |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rococo \Ro*co"co\, n. [F.; of uncertain etymology.] A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rococo \Ro*co"co\, a. Of or pertaining to the style called rococo; like rococo; florid; fantastic. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rococo adj : having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; "an exquisite gilded rococo mirror" n : fanciful asymmetric ornamentation From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: rococo adj Terminally {baroque}. Used to imply that a program has become so encrusted with the software equivalent of gold leaf and curlicues that they have completely swamped the underlying design. Called after the later and more extreme forms of Baroque architecture and decoration prevalent during the mid-1700s in Europe. Alan Perlis said: "Every program eventually becomes rococo, and then rubble." Compare {critical mass}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: rococo{Baroque} in the extreme. Used to imply that a program has become so encrusted with the software equivalent of gold leaf and curlicues that they have completely swamped the underlying design. Called after the later and more extreme forms of Baroque architecture and decoration prevalent during the mid-1700s in Europe. Alan Perlis said: "Every program eventually becomes rococo, and then rubble." Compare {critical mass}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-04-06)
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