arabesque
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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