Arabesques is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ARABESQUES in dictionary:

NOUN:
• ARABESQUE, a movement in dancing; a curve, also ARABESK
• a posture in which one leg is extended backwards at right angles, the torso bent forwards, and the arms outstretched, one forwards and one backwards.
• an ornamental design consisting of intertwined flowing lines, originally found in ancient Islamic art
• a passage or composition with fanciful ornamentation of the melody.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• of, relating to, or being in the style of arabesque or an arabesque

Words related to ARABESQUES

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How to use ARABESQUES in a sentence

• Vines of gossamer lightness were waving round her, and her pearly complexion and violet-tinted dress looked lovely among those aerial arabesques of delicate green.
• The arabesques taken from Pompeii and preserved here are very beautiful.
• On the first are the most beautiful arabesques in basso-relief, and on the second, in inlaid work, representing flowers and other objects.
• The largest of these towers is still covered in many places with stone slabs, on which traces of arabesques are here and there visible.
• The arabesques and figures on the pillars were sharply executed in relief.
• The old bazaar, a relic of the former town, still shows traces of handsome columns and arabesques, and Chan Osman is distinguished by its beautiful portal and lofty arches.
• The arabesques, for instance, with which Luca wreathed his portraits of the poets, are monstrous, bizarre, in doubtful taste.
• This distinguishes him in the arabesques at Orvieto alike from Mantegna and Michael Angelo, from Correggio and Raphael, from Titian and Paolo Veronese.
• Opposite the entrance rise the walls of the Palace of Akbar, curiously decorated with brilliant blue mosaics of animals and arabesques.
• The early carvings and arabesques in the church are of great interest and will repay careful scrutiny.
• A luminous ceiling, decorated with light arabesques, shed a soft clear light over all the marvels accumulated in this museum.
• It is especially remarkable for a large square crypt, inlaid with brick and plaster, and covered with very fine frescoes and arabesques of birds and foliage.
• Accordingly the marquis drew from the pocket of his waistcoat, which was closed by a flap embroidered in gold arabesques, a sumptuous snuff-box.
• Huge twining arabesques of solid metal were prepared in pieces and fitted together with screws that ran easily in the thread, and then were taken apart again.
• The whole thing was about ten or twelve feet high, consisting of widely-set gilt bars, between which were fastened large arabesques and scrolls.
• Fancy has here amused itself by composing interminable arabesques where the most fantastic figures wind and twine.
• Its basis is the art of weaving, and in some respects resembles the matting of Polynesia much more closely that the vine-stems of Sicily or the arabesques of Byzantium.
• It was not indeed large, but its furniture, the arabesques on its walls, the arrangement of its hangings were so graceful, that it ranked as a model of comfort and elegance.
• His smallest acts were prepared and unexpected, his speeches grave, his sentences ominous like hints and complicated like arabesques.
• They saw his eyes wander over all the marvels of this saloon, lighted by the electric rays which fell from the arabesques of the luminous ceiling.
• Pillars rose to the roof, and these were all inlaid with mother-of-pearl, with fine copper and silver arabesques of amazing complexity.
• On one side of this open space we enter a large hall, its broad portal ornamented with beautiful sculpture, in the form of flowers, fruit, and arabesques.
• Statues of gods and heroes, beautifully sculptured in marble, and surrounded by arabesques, deck the lofty arches of this corridor.
• The two sides are enriched with small figures prettily executed, in a tastefully-carved border of flowers, fruit, ears of corn, and arabesques.
• An ancient chandelier, in the form of a pillar, made of beautiful marble and also covered with arabesques, stands beside the pulpit.
• The whole roof of this church as far downwards as the pillars is covered with beautiful arabesques and figures.
• Over this altar extends a giant canopy of bronze, with spiral pillars richly decorated with arabesques.
• I proceeded at once to visit the cathedral, which is rich in frescoes, gilding, and arabesques.

Similar words containing ARABESQUE without suffix s

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