See Also: rococo(medicine)
rococo(dictionary)
rococo(dictionary)
Rococo style(encyclopedia)
Rococo Truffles(recipes)

chronograph (oh) and rococo (iou)


chronograph (oh)



a scientific instrument for measuring periods of time

rococo (iou)



rococo adjective & noun. M19.
[French, fanciful alt. of rocaille pebble- or shell-work from roc ROCK noun1.]
A. adjective.
Old-fashioned, antiquated. M19.
(Of furniture or architecture) of or characterized by an elaborately ornamental late baroque style of decoration prevalent in 18th-cent. Continental Europe, with asymmetrical patterns involving motifs, scroll-work, etc.; (of Music, literature, etc.) highly ornamented, florid; gen. extravagantly or excessively ornate. M19.
Country Life Delicate rococo plaster ceilings..in..pastel shades. Antiquarian Horology Rococo designs inspired by rocks and water forms. B. Chatwin A Swan Service tureen: a Rococo fantasy on legs of intertwined fishes.
Special collocations: rococo embroidery a form of cutwork outlined in buttonhole stitch, used for table linen, cushion covers, etc. rococo stitch canvas stitch formed with bundles of four straight stitches crossed with short slanting stitches, worked in diagonal lines.
b. noun. The rococo style of Art, decoration, etc. M19.
W. S. Maugham The frivolous ornament of rococo. A. Einstein The Rococo had been a last tremulous echo of the..Baroque.