Baroque

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): (a.) In bad taste; grotesque; odd.

(2): (a.) Irregular in form; - said esp. of a pearl.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]

Ornamentation of a florid and incongruous character, more lavish and showy rather than true and tasteful; much in vogue from the 16th to the 18th centuries.

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