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rococo

[ruh-koh-koh, roh-kuh-koh] / rəˈkoʊ koʊ, ˌroʊ kəˈkoʊ /
ADJECTIVE
gaudy
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Also looking to art history is Colette LaVette, whose canvases at Gillian Jason ape rococo stylings in swirls of impressionistic paint.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The mise en scène is sumptuously prepared with flourishes of rococo drollery.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Barely recognizable from “Welcome to Flatch” is Holmes as Carmen’s roommate Hailee, a rococo ice cream sundae of a person, talking a mile a minute, sweet and dim; as on “Flatch,” she is quite wonderful.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

This was on a recent morning in a rococo hotel room, just west of Madison Square Park.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2024

Just ornate lamps and an embroidered sofa and the swarming rococo wallpaper.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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