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arabesque
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synonyms: Moresque ???
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Definition:a complex raised-relief artform of twisting lines or foliage, usually carved in stone or wood
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marble vases of arabesque sculpture, containing the choicest flowering plants of the tropics.
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)
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Then he remembered the lamp. It was a rather curious one of Moorish workmanship, made of dull silver inlaid with arabesques of burnished steel, and studded with coarse turquoises.
Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1913)
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The outside pattern is a florid arabesque, reminding one of a fungus.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The Yellow Wallpaper (1892)
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Large dishes of yellow cream, that trembled with the least shake of the table, had designed on their smooth surface the initials of the newly wedded pair in nonpareil arabesques.
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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when the teacher floated across the floor and finished in an arabesque my fancy was taken. I would learn to move like that.
Maya Angelou. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)
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