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arabesque

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) arabesque (adjective)
  2. 2) arabesque (noun)
  3. arabesque spin (noun)

1ar·a·besque

adj \ˌa-rə-ˈbesk, ˌer-ə\

Definition of ARABESQUE

: of, relating to, or being in the style of arabesque or an arabesque

Origin of ARABESQUE

French, from Italian arabesco Arabian in fashion, from arabo Arab, from Latin Arabus
First Known Use: circa 1656

Other Dance Terms

attitude, honor, saltatory, sashay, taw

Rhymes with ARABESQUE

Bunyanesque, copydesk, gigantesque, humoresque, Junoesque, Kafkaesque, picaresque, picturesque, plateresque, Romanesque, Rubenesque, Runyonesque, sculpturesque, statuesque, Whitmanesque

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