barococo flair
- noun
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estilo barococo
- She decorated her living room with a barococo flair, using gilded mirrors and pastel colors.
Examples
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The designer's collection is famous for its barococo flair and extravagant ornamentation.
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The new hotel's lobby features a barococo flair that immediately draws the eye.
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The new restaurant features a stunning barococo flair in its decor.
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Have you seen the barococo flair in the palace's ballroom?
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The designer's collection is famous for its barococo flair and extravagant ornamentation.
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The new hotel's lobby features a barococo flair that immediately draws the eye.
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She decorated her living room with a barococo flair, using gilded mirrors and pastel colors.
Synonyms
A style that mixes Baroque and Rococo with ornate, playful decoration
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Surface Forms
Morphology
barococo + flair
The headword 'flair' clearly signals a stylistic quality and is transparent to learners who know that word, but 'barococo' is a rare/neologistic blend (baroque + rococo) not listed in the dictionary and therefore not predictable to a B1 learner. Because the overall form (modifier + flair) hints that it names a decorative or ornate style, learners familiar with 'baroque' and 'rococo' could infer the meaning, but without that knowledge the phrase is only partially predictable.
Etymology
Barococo flair comes from mixing the names baroque and rococo, which creates the picture of big, dramatic shapes mixed with small, curly decorations. That's why barococo flair means 'a style that mixes rich, showy shapes with delicate, ornate decoration'.