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† rebesk, a. Obs.—0 [Aphetic f. arabesque; cf. It. rabesco (Florio).] = arabesque a. 1.1611 Cotgr., Arabesque, Rebeske worke; a small and curious flourishing. 1656 in Blount (hence in Phillips, etc.).
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▪ I. arabesque, a. and n. (ærəˈbɛsk) Also 8 arabesk. [a. F. arabesque Arabian; cf. It. rabesco (Florio 1611), and earlier rebesk.] A. adj. 1. Arabian, Arabic.1842 Encycl. Brit. II. 693/1 The inglorious obscurity in which the Arabesque doctors have in general slumbered. 2. esp. Arabian or Moorish in ...
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