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overblown(2)(dictionary)
overblown(dictionary)
arabesque(medicine)
arabesque(dictionary)
arabesque(encyclopedia)
arabesque(dictionary)

overblown(2) (iou) and arabesque (iou)


overblown(2) (iou)



overblown ppl adjective2. E17.
[from OVER- + blown pa. pple of BLOW verb2.]
Of a flower: more than full blown, past its best.
fig.: S. Rushdie Drawn to the painted lady by her overblown charms.

arabesque (iou)



arabesque noun, adjective, & verb. M17.
[French from Italian arabesco, from arabo Arab: see -ESQUE.]
A. noun.
Decorative work of a kind which originated in Arabic or Moorish Art, consisting of flowing lines of branches, leaves, scrollwork, etc., fancifully intertwined; an ornamental design of this kind. M17.
fig.: Longfellow Not Art but Nature..carved this graceful arabesque of vines.
Vernacular Arabic. Only in L18.
Ballet. A posture in which the body is bent forwards and supported on one leg with the Other leg extended horizontally backwards, with the arms extended one forwards and one backwards. M19.
Music. A passage or composition with fanciful ornamentation of the melody. M19.
b. adjective. Of ornamental design: decorated in arabesque, of the Nature of arabesque. L18.
fig.: Dickens Surrounded by this arabesque work of his musing fancy.
C. verb trans. Ornament in arabesque. M19.
? Arabesque decoration often incorporates representations of living creatures, but these are absent from Moorish arabesque sensu stricto.