baroque

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.

[Jargon File]

(1995-02-22)