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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ar-uh-besk
Phonetic Transcription : ˌær əˈbɛsk



Definition of arabesque

Origin :
  • 1610s, "Moorish or Arabic ornamental design," from French arabesque (16c.), from Italian arabesco, from Arabo "Arab," with reference to Moorish architecture. As a ballet pose, first attested 1830. Musical sense, in reference to an ornamented theme, is from 1864, originally the title given by Robert Schumann to one of his piano pieces.
  • As in decoration : noun particular type of embellishment
  • As in embroidery : noun fancy stitching
Example sentences :
  • When all was ready, he drew some arabesque forms with his pencil on the board.
  • Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade
  • A "Schumannesque" is written closely on the lines of Schumann's "Arabesque."
  • Extract from : « Contemporary American Composers » by Rupert Hughes
  • There were arabesque figures with unsuited limbs and appointments.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
  • The ceiling and walls were rich with tessellated and arabesque work.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate City » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • His sketches of life are arabesque in their strange combinations.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain » by Archibald Henderson
  • These are cut in arabesque designs, and many of them are very handsome.
  • Extract from : « English Heraldic Book-stamps » by Cyril Davenport
  • On the arabesque in which the painting is set is a cartel inscribed with name and date.
  • Extract from : « Pintoricchio » by Evelyn March Phillipps
  • The secretary absently drew an arabesque on the blotting-pad.
  • Extract from : « Tales Of Men And Ghosts » by Edith Wharton
  • And now you just sit down at that piano and play me Debussy's 'Arabesque.'
  • Extract from : « Three Soldiers » by John Dos Passos
  • Both girls were playing with an ear for the "Arabesque" on the other side of the wall.
  • Extract from : « The School by the Sea » by Angela Brazil

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