An alternative spelling or transliteration of 'baroque' or 'barocco,' the ornate artistic and architectural style of the 17th-18th centuries.
A variant spelling from German or Eastern European languages of 'baroque,' from Portuguese 'barroco' (irregularly shaped pearl). Different languages adapted the spelling differently.
Language and art history collided in the 17th century—the word 'baroque' itself traveled through multiple languages and got respelled different ways, just like the ornate style itself spread across Europe!
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