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odalisque

or o·da·lisk

[ ohd-l-isk ]

noun

  1. a female slave or concubine in a harem, especially in that of the sultan of Turkey.
  2. (initial capital letter) any of a number of representations of such a woman or of a similar subject, as by Ingres or Matisse.


odalisque

/ ˈəʊdəlɪsk /

noun

  1. a female slave or concubine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of odalisque1

First recorded in 1675–85; from French, alteration of earlier odalique (with -s- perhaps from -esque -esque ) from Turkish odalιk “female slave, concubine,” equivalent to oda “room, chamber” + -lιk a noun suffix indicating relationship or origin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of odalisque1

C17: via French, changed from Turkish ōdalik, from ōdah room + -lik n suffix
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Example Sentences

It’s this really beautiful print of a horned figure pulling back the covers on ‌a ‌kind of odalisque.

Machine forms collide with digital fictions to compose a corporate odalisque now in bed with the vast “oriental” wealth of Saudi criminals.

In the brilliant, complex “The Glider” and the Surrealistic odalisque of “Outstretched,” the soil has been mixed with charcoal, creating a soft, matte black.

In a Joan Brown painting, a cat might sit pensively in the middle of a Kool-Aid-colored landscape and a woman with the body of a tiger might take the pose of an Ingres odalisque.

Displayed as a conventional odalisque — a reclining nude — in an unexpectedly static five-minute video shot.

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