Definitions for rocaille

rocaille ro·caille

Spelling: [roh-kahy; French raw-kah-y Rocaille is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 289 anagrams from letters in rocaille (aceillor).

Definitions for rocaille

noun

  1. Fine Arts. any of the fantastic ornamental, often asymmetrical, combinations characteristic of the Rococo period, consisting of rock, shell, and plant forms combined with artificial forms, esp C -curves.

Origin of rocaille

1855-60; French: pebble-work, derivative of roc rock1

Examples for rocaille

He had a most marvelous power of invention and lavished ornament on everything, carrying the rocaille style to its utmost limit.

After the death of its owner society, in a fit of madness, plunged into the rocaille.

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