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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arabesque \Ar'a*besque"\, adjective
1. Arabian. [Obs.]
2. Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arabesque \Ar'a*besque"\, noun [F. arabesque, fr. It. arabesco, fr. Arabo Arab.] A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.
Note: It was employed in Roman imperial ornamentation, and appeared, without the animal figures, in Moorish and Arabic decorative art. (See {Moresque}.) The arabesques of the Renaissance were founded on Greco-Roman work.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
arabesque
noun
1: position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose
2: an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
99 Moby Thesaurus words for "arabesque": acciaccatura, appoggiatura, baroque, baroqueness, basketry, basketwork, cadence, cadenza, cancellation, chinoiserie, coloratura, cross-hatching, crossing-out, division, elaborateness, elegance, embellishment, fanciness, filigree, fineness, fioritura, flamboyance, flight, floridity, floridness, flourish, floweriness, fret, fretwork, grace, grace note, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, incidental, incidental note, interlacement, intertexture, intertwinement, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, long mordent, luxuriance, luxuriousness, mesh, meshes, meshwork, mordent, moresque, net, netting, network, ornament, ostentation, overelaborateness, overelegance, overornamentation, passage, plexure, plexus, pralltriller, raddle, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, richness, riddle, rococo, roulade, run, screen, screening, sieve, single mordent, texture, tissue, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, turn, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork
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