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单词 odalisque
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odalisque

noun

oda·​lisque ˈō-də-ˌlisk How to pronounce odalisque (audio)
plural odalisques
1
: an enslaved woman
2
: a concubine in a harem

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Displayed as a conventional odalisque — a reclining nude — in an unexpectedly static five-minute video shot. Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022 Baker figures elsewhere as a cheerful odalisque, eloquently emulating a motif from Matisse. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022 Each includes a reclining odalisque, two seated women around a hookah, and a female Black servant. Lance Esplund, WSJ, 2 July 2021 The odalisque is a forensic image that details the violence to which the black female body can be subjected. Longreads, 20 July 2019 Henry Moore wanted timeless nature to be seen through the signature holes in his monumental, semi-abstract odalisques, but in Lucas’ sculptures enduring culture is what gets glimpsed. Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2019 His boys are coy, knowing, and lithe; the male odalisque, in a state of opulent undress, is a favorite leitmotif. Christopher Alessandrini, The New York Review of Books, 18 May 2019 Vicky may initially present herself as mere odalisque to be molded and shaped by the Great Man. Ann Hornaday, miamiherald, 17 Jan. 2018 The odalisque, an image of a reclining nude, conjoins two distinct categories of the commodity: the slave and the prostitute. Longreads, 20 July 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

French, from Turkish odalık, from oda room

First Known Use

circa 1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1

odalisque

noun

1
as in bondswoman

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • bondswoman
  • bondman
  • slave
  • serf
  • chattel
  • bondwoman
  • helot
  • servant
  • handmaiden
  • bondsman
  • handmaid
  • thrall
  • lackey
  • domestic
  • bond servant
  • attendant
  • menial
  • indentured servant
  • drudge

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • freedman
  • freeman
  • slaver
  • enslaver
  • slaveholder
  • freedwoman
  • master
  • taskmaster
  • slave driver
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2
as in courtesan

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • courtesan
  • demimondaine
  • paramour
  • lover
  • prostitute
  • mistress
  • whore
  • concubine
  • demirep
  • doxie
  • girlfriend
  • other woman
  • doxy
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