Definition of: rococo

(rə·kō′kō) noun
1. A style of decoration and architecture, developed from the baroque and distinguished by profuse, elaborate, and often delicately executed ornament in imitation of rockwork, shells, foliage, and scrolls massed together: prevalent during the 17th and 18th centuries.
2. Anything regarded as florid, fantastic, or odd in literature.
—adjective
1. Having, or built in, the style of rococo.
2. Overelaborate; florid. [<F, fanciful alter. of rocaille shellwork <roc rock]