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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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