Arabesque

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arabesque \Ar`a*besque"\, a.
     1. Arabian. [Obs.]
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     2. Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called
        arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arabesque \Ar`a*besque"\, n. [F. arabesque, fr. It. arabesco,
     fr. Arabo Arab.]
     A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in
     low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits,
     foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or
     imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.
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     Note: It was employed in Roman imperial ornamentation, and
           appeared, without the animal figures, in Moorish and
           Arabic decorative art. (See {Moresque}.) The arabesques
           of the Renaissance were founded on Greco-Roman work.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  arabesque
       n 1: position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and
            arms outstretched in a conventional pose
       2: an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an
          intricate design

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  99 Moby Thesaurus words for "arabesque":
     acciaccatura, appoggiatura, baroque, baroqueness, basketry,
     basketwork, cadence, cadenza, cancellation, chinoiserie,
     coloratura, cross-hatching, crossing-out, division, elaborateness,
     elegance, embellishment, fanciness, filigree, fineness, fioritura,
     flamboyance, flight, floridity, floridness, flourish, floweriness,
     fret, fretwork, grace, grace note, grate, grating, grid, gridiron,
     grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, incidental, incidental note,
     interlacement, intertexture, intertwinement, lace, lacery,
     lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, long mordent, luxuriance,
     luxuriousness, mesh, meshes, meshwork, mordent, moresque, net,
     netting, network, ornament, ostentation, overelaborateness,
     overelegance, overornamentation, passage, plexure, plexus,
     pralltriller, raddle, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum,
     richness, riddle, rococo, roulade, run, screen, screening, sieve,
     single mordent, texture, tissue, tracery, trellis, trelliswork,
     turn, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker,
     wickerwork