as in baroque
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Recent Examples of rococo
As for his personal design preference—the gold and rococo decor of his New York City penthouse is inspired by the Palace of Versailles.
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Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 7 Feb. 2020
The set, while minimalist, was suggestive of a rococo palace.
—Nicholas M. Gallagher, National Review, 21 Mar. 2020
The land at Kilometre 152 of Highway BR-174 is rococo in its greenness and relentlessly damp.
—Elizabeth Barber, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2020
The most rococo of them all is the Detroit-style pizza.
—Marian Bull, Saveur, 30 May 2019
See all Example Sentences for rococo 
Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 7 Feb. 2020
The set, while minimalist, was suggestive of a rococo palace.
—Nicholas M. Gallagher, National Review, 21 Mar. 2020
The land at Kilometre 152 of Highway BR-174 is rococo in its greenness and relentlessly damp.
—Elizabeth Barber, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2020
The most rococo of them all is the Detroit-style pizza.
—Marian Bull, Saveur, 30 May 2019
See all Example Sentences for rococo
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rococo
Adjective
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Savor almond and espresso gelati while visiting baroque churches on piazzas built by ancient Greeks.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
1 Feb. 2025
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Watch on Deadline Van Kampen wrote the play Farinelli and the King and its baroque music.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Not least in its dramatic centerpiece: a 20-meter pool featuring eight columns of arabesque marble, with sparkling niches of black-and-gold housing both relaxation areas and 19th-century replicas of classical statues.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
21 Nov. 2024
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An untitled painting by Mark Rothko, meanwhile, went for $5.1 million with fees on a $3 million high estimate, and Edgar Degas’s bronze sculpture Grande arabesque, troisième temps, the first lot of the evening, sold for $1.7 million with fees on a $600,000 high estimate.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
19 Nov. 2024
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Elsewhere, beauty this week was equal parts femme and freaky: nail art was sculptural, flipped and reversed, hair was piled high to make a poncy French monarch proud, and conceptual makeup took inspo from nature’s most ornate creatures.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2025
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Outside the ornate Georgetown hall where eight candidates lined up for their final forum before the party picks a new leader tomorrow, Washington was lurching from crisis to crisis.—
Jess Bidgood,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Rococo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rococo. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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