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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>baroque</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="barney.html" title="barney"/><link rel="next" href="BASIC.html" title="BASIC"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">baroque</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="barney.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="BASIC.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="baroque"/><dt xmlns="" id="baroque"><b>baroque</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] Feature-encrusted; complex; gaudy; verging on excessive.
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Said of hardware or (esp.) software designs, this has many of the
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connotations of <a href="../E/elephantine.html"><i class="glossterm">elephantine</i></a> or
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<a href="../M/monstrosity.html"><i class="glossterm">monstrosity</i></a> but is less extreme and not pejorative
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in itself. In the absence of other, more negative descriptions this term
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suggests that the software is trembling on the edge of bad taste but has
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not quite tipped over into it. “<span class="quote">Metafont even has features to
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introduce random variations to its letterform output. Now
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<span class="emphasis"><em>that</em></span> is baroque!</span>” See also
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