odalisque

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This odalisque is very fair and stout, and some fair Alsatian damsel has evidently sat as the model.

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  • Like children taking ritalin or diabetics protected by insulin, the Halfacres got along from day to day with the calming assistance of their own private harem, among whom Angie, as the most recent arrival and sturdiest, figured as odalisque-in-chief, a golden-age and mute Scheherazade. —  F ;SF; - vol 101 issue 06 - December 2001
  • Naypãir sây, Néz-Pérss, Nézperz nô bléss oblêezh noir nwàr nougat nougat nouveau nû-vô nouvelle nuvél nouvelle cuisine nuvél-quizêen nouvelle vague odalisque ôdalísk oeil de boeuf oidə-bəf oenophile ênofîle paillard pîàr paillette pà yét pənásh papier-mâché —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • The submissive, reclining female, or odalisque, is a somewhat thorny (and corny - think saloon nude) act in art history, but definitely a perennial.
  • Naypãir sây, Néz-Pérss, Nézperz nô bléss oblêezh noir nwàr nougat nougat nouveau nû-vô nouvelle nuvél nouvelle cuisine nuvél-quizêen nouvelle vague odalisque ôdalísk oeil de boeuf oidə-bəf oenophile ênofîle ópera boûf opéra comique ópera comêek oubliette oûbli-ét pà yét pain-au-chocolat pánnoshoko-là pənásh papier-mâché —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • And you can imagine whether worldly curiosity was rampant around that ex-odalisque turned fervent Catholic, as she entered the room, escorted by a sacristan-like figure with a livid face and spectacles, Maξtre Le Merquier, Deputy for Lyon, Hemerlingue's man of business, who attended the baroness when the baron was "slightly indisposed," as upon this occasion When they entered the second salon, the Nabob walked forward to meet her, expecting to descry in her wake the bloated face of his old comrade, to whom it was agreed that he should offer his hand. —  The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2)
 

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  1. French, from Turkish ōdalik, chambermaid : ōdah, room + -lik, suff. expressing function.
 

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/ˈoʊdəlɪsk/
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