[ar.a.besque] adj [F, fr. It arabesco Arabian in fashion, fr. arabo Arab, fr. L Arabus] (ca. 1656): of, relating to, or being in the style of arabesque or an arabesque
[2]arabesque n (1786) 1: an ornament or style that employs flower, foliage, or fruit and sometimes animal and figural outlines to produce an intricate pattern of interlaced lines
2: a posture in ballet in which the body is bent forward from the hip on one leg with one arm extended forward and the other arm and leg backward
3: an elaborate or intricate pattern "richly pierced by an ~ of wormholes --John Chase" "as lawyers ... perform their procedural ~s --Daniel Okrent"