May 15, 2003

baroque

adj.

[common] Feature-encrusted; complex; gaudy; verging on excessive. Said of hardware or (esp.) software designs, this has many of the connotations of elephantine or monstrosity but is less extreme and not pejorative in itself. Metafont even has features to introduce random variations to its letterform output. Now that is baroque! See also rococo.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:58 AM

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