Once derogatory, the name of this 17th century style may come from the Portuguese word for an irregular pearl
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may be called 'Modern' with a capital M. The Baroque era in ... of two styles of 
poetry in the English Renaissance lyric: one was plain, the ... Portuguese barroco
, a jeweler's term for a rough and irregular pearl, ..... of coming back [DOC] [TLE] BAROQUE ART  Live ART - WordPress.com [PAR] Sep 28, 2015 ...