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Hola! Today’s word is :
- Arabesque
- an ornamental design consisting of intertwined flowing lines, originally found in Arabic or Moorish decoration: (adj.)arabesque scroll.
<SPECIAL USAGE> a passage or composition with fanciful ornamentation of the melody.
Yuan Yuan Tan in arabesque position in Tomasson’s Nutcracker (copyright Erik Tomasson.Picture via sfgate.com
- [Ballet] a position in which the body is supported on one leg, with the other leg extended horizontally backward.
<ORIGIN> mid 17th cent: from French, from Italian arabesco ‘in the Arabic style’, from arabo ‘Arab’.
Source: The New Oxford American Dictionary
Comments on: "Word of the day: Arabesque" (4)
I love the word Arabesque, it sounds so royal and pretty and just… I like it. (:
I agree, it even sounds pretty and I’ll tell you that ballet position looks pretty difficult to get right!
that back leg is higher than horizontal! not within my movement range…..
That’s the picture I got when I searched ‘arabesque’ on Google and I’ll have to say it looked pretty as the word sounds. Yep, I love my limbs so I won’t go and try that move anytime soon! Thanks for coming by!