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noun position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose
noun an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design
originBorrowed from French arabesque, from Italian arabesco, from arabo (“Arab”). By surface analysis, Arab + -esque.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0