arabesque
noun/ˌærəˈbesk/
/ˌærəˈbesk/
- [countable] (in ballet) a position in which the dancer balances on one leg with the other leg lifted and stretched out straight behind parallel to the ground
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- [countable, uncountable] (in art) a type of design where lines wind around each other
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian arabesco ‘in the Arabic style’, from arabo ‘Arab’.
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