ARABESQUE
\ˌaɹe͡ɪbˈɛsk], \ˌaɹeɪbˈɛsk], \ˌa_ɹ_eɪ_b_ˈɛ_s_k]\
Definitions of ARABESQUE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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Arabian.
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Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.
By Oddity Software
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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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Arabian.
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Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.
By Noah Webster.
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Arabian.
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Art. Franciful grouping of animal and plant forms, or flat ornamentation employing the interlaced lines of Arabian architecture.
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Arabesque.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A kind of ornamentation in low relief consisting of the representation of plants, fruits, flowers, foliage, etc., fancifully combined or oddly grouped.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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After the manner of Arabian designs.
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A fantastic painted or sculptured ornament among the Spanish Moors, consisting of foliage and other parts of plants curiously intertwined.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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