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arabesque

[ ar-uh-besk ]

noun

  1. Fine Arts. a sinuous, spiraling, undulating, or serpentine line or linear motif.
  2. a pose in ballet in which the dancer stands on one leg with one arm extended in front and the other leg and arm extended behind.
  3. a short, fanciful musical piece, typically for piano.
  4. any ornament or ornamental object, as a rug or mosaic, in which flowers, foliage, fruits, vases, animals, and figures are represented in a fancifully combined pattern.


adjective

  1. decorated with or characterized by arabesques:

    arabesque design.

arabesque

/ ˌærəˈbɛsk /

noun

  1. ballet a classical position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and both arms stretched out in one of several conventional poses
  2. music a piece or movement with a highly ornamented or decorated melody
  3. arts
    1. a type of curvilinear decoration in painting, metalwork, etc, with intricate intertwining leaf, flower, animal, or geometrical designs
    2. a design of flowing lines
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. designating, of, or decorated in this style
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • ara·besquely adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of arabesque1

1605–15; < French < Italian arabesco ornament in Islamic style, literally, Arabian, equivalent to Arab ( o ) Arab ( def ) + -esco -esque
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Word History and Origins

Origin of arabesque1

C18: from French, from Italian arabesco in the Arabic style
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Example Sentences

Arabesque focuses on Turkey, Morocco and Lebanon, with the added bonus of a beautiful design and great photos.

This contains the seventeen books, and is very beautifully written, and illuminated with arabesque designs.

A sort of arabesque resembling the backbone of a fish called the Tollo.

The decorative style of that period is sometimes called the Arabesque, and sometimes the Grotesque.

But with such care has every detail been arranged, one never thinks of the balance, the arabesque, the pattern.

The Allegretti opens with an arabesque tone-poem of somber sweetness, under which strange and varied delights are hidden.

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