Odalisque Definition
ōdəlisk
odalisques
noun
A female slave or concubine in a harem.
Webster's New World
An artistic representation, often highly eroticized, of such a slave.
American Heritage
A conventionalized painting of a reclining odalisque as by Ingres or Matisse.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Odalisque
Noun
Singular:
odalisque
Plural:
odalisquesOrigin of Odalisque
French from Turkish ōdalik chambermaid ōdah room -lik suff. expressing function
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French, from Ottoman Turkish اوطه"ŒÙ„Ù‚ (odalık, “chambermaid"), from اوده (oda, “room").
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