Feature-encrusted; complex; gaudy; verging on excessive. Said of hardware or (especially) software designs, this has many of the connotations of elephantine or monstrosity but is less extreme and not pejorative in itself. " Metafont even has features to introduce random variations to its letterform output. Now *that* is baroque!"
See also rococo .
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(1995-02-22)