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What is the noun for arabesque?

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arabesque
  1. An elaborate design of intertwined floral figures or complex geometrical patterns. This ornamental design is mainly used in Islamic Art and architecture.
  2. (music) An ornate composition, especially for the piano.
  3. (ballet) A dance position in which the dancer stands on one leg, with the other raised backwards, and the arms outstretched.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The exterior is in typical late Victorian style, the arabesque influences and designs preserved for the interior.”
      “I try to do what my doctor says and skip certain steps, like arabesque, but I feel like I'm being lazy unless I do everything full out.”
      “Moorish archways and arabesque screens slip a lattice of shadows across the comings and goings in the lobby.”
arabesk
  1. Obsolete form of arabesque.
arabesques
  1. plural of arabesque
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The silent roadway looked like a long riband of polished silver, flecked here and there by the dark arabesques of waving shadows.”
      “The artist's linear arabesques reminded Greenberg of the feminized forms of Art Nouveau.”
      “Elsewhere, we witness fluid arabesques that suggest currents of wind or water and a grove of green trees, their leaves knotted into high relief.”
arabesks
  1. plural of arabesk
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