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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishodalisqueo‧da‧lisque /ˈəʊdəlɪsk $ ˈoʊ-/ noun [countable] literary SSWa beautiful female slave in former times
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odalisque• The naked white woman on the bed seemed like any odalisque, Venus, or Danaeidealized flesh made into art.• Have you found any new sources to replace Playboy's Playmate of the Month as the contemporary odalisque?• Rarely in the history of art have little boys or exotic animals been portrayed as sensual odalisques.
Origin odalisque (1600-1700) French Turkish odalik
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