[common] Feature-encrusted; complex; gaudy; verging on excessive.
Said of hardware or (esp.) software designs, this has many of the
connotations of {elephantine} or {monstrosity} but is less extreme
and not pejorative in itself. In the absence of other, more negative
descriptions this term suggests that the software is trembling on the
edge of bad taste but has not quite tipped over into it. "Metafont
even has features to introduce random variations to its letterform
output. Now that is baroque!" See also {rococo}.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {elephantine}{EMACS}{heavyweight}{If you want X, you know where to find it.}{monstrosity}{OS/2}{overflow bit}{precedence lossage}{rococo}]