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Definition of Odalisque
1. Noun. A woman slave in a harem.
Definition of Odalisque
1. n. A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan.
Definition of Odalisque
1. Noun. (historical) A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio. ¹
2. Noun. A desirable or sexually attractive woman. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Odalisque
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Medical Definition of Odalisque
1. A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan. Alternative forms: odahlic, odalisk, and odalik] "Not of those that men desire, sleek Odalisques, or oracles of mode." (Tennyson) Origin: F, fr. Turk. Odaliq chambermaid, fr. Oda chamber, room. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Odalisque
Literary usage of Odalisque
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fine Art, Chiefly Contemporary: Notices Re-printed, with Revisions by William Michael Rossetti (1867)
"Against a low white marble wall the odalisque leans, ... The ornamented scarf
and peacock-fan of the odalisque, the figs, roses, gilded domes, pink and blue ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
""Œdipus" and the "Girl Bathing" (1808). the "odalisque'' (1814), the "Source" (1818)—all
these canvases are in the Louvre—are among the most beautiful poems ..."
3. The Poems of Bayard Taylor by Bayard Taylor (1865)
"THE odalisque. rN marble shells the fountain splashes; Its falling spray is turned
to stars, When some light wind its pinion dashes Against thy gilded ..."
4. Rhymes of Travel: Ballads and Poems by Bayard Taylor (1849)
"... THE odalisque. IN marble shells the fountain splashes; Its falling spray is
turned to stars, When some light wind its pinion dashes Against thy gilded ..."
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