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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ar•a•besque /ˌærəˈbɛsk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Fine Artan ornamental style in which designs, as of flowers, are represented in complex patterns.
- Music and Dancea pose in ballet.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ar•a•besque (ar′ə besk′),USA pronunciation n. - Fine Arta sinuous, spiraling, undulating, or serpentine line or linear motif.
- Music and Dancea 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.
- Music and Dancea short, fanciful musical piece, typically for piano.
- Fine Artany 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.
adj. - Fine Artdecorated with or characterized by arabesques:arabesque design.
- Italian arabesco ornament in Islamic style, literally, Arabian, equivalent. to arab(o) arab + -esco -esque
- French
- 1605–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: arabesque /ˌærəˈbɛsk/ n - a classical position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and both arms stretched out in one of several conventional poses
- a piece or movement with a highly ornamented or decorated melody
- a type of curvilinear decoration in painting, metalwork, etc, with intricate intertwining leaf, flower, animal, or geometrical designs
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from Italian arabesco in the Arabic style |