Arabesque \Ar`a*besque"\, a.
   1. Arabian. [Obs.]
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   2. Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called
      arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.
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	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.
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   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.
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	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

	

	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