1. (n.) A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century.

2. (a.) of or pertaining to the style called rococo; like rococo; florid; fantastic.

Gothic arabesque archaic baroque baroqueness bizarre brain-born busy bygone chichi chinoiserie dated deformed dream-built elaborate elaborateness elegance elegant extravagant fanciful fanciness fancy fancy-born fancy-built fancy-woven fantasque fantastic fine fineness flamboyance flamboyant florid floridity floridness floweriness flowery freak freakish frilly fussy grotesque high-wrought labored luxuriance luxuriant luxurious luxuriousness maggoty malformed misbegotten misshapen moldy monstrous moresque moth-eaten notional old hat ornate ostentation ostentatious outdated outlandish overelaborate overelaborateness overelegance overelegant overlabored overornamentation overworked overwrought passe picturesque preposterous pretty-pretty rich richness teratogenic teratoid whimsical wild