baroque

baroque · adjective, noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromverrūca“wart”
2. Portuguese · derived frombarroco“irregular pearl”
3. French · borrowed frombaroque
4. English todaybaroque

Via French baroque (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape), from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verrūca (“wart”). It has been suggested that the term derives from Baroco, a technical term from scholastic logic.

Baroque · adjective, proper noun²

1. Latin · derived fromverruca“wart”
2. Portuguese · derived frombarroco“irregular pearl”
3. English todayBaroque

Via French (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape) from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco and Sicilian baroccu, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verruca (“wart”), or possibly from the technical construction of scholastic logic, Baroco.

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