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1. In ballet, a ballet position in which the dancer stands on one leg with the other extended back and both arms stretched out, usually one forward and the other backward.
2. An intricate and often symmetrical design incorporating curves, geometric patterns, leaves, flowers, and animal shapes.
3. A piece of classical music characterized by decorative melodies, especially one written for solo piano.
4. From early 17th century via French from Italian arabesco "in the Arabian style".

1. Artistically like a tree; tree-like.
2. Resembling a tree in form and branching structure.

1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of the allegorical writings of John Bunyan.
2. Of, relating to, or suggestive of the legend of Paul Bunyan.
3. Of astonishingly large size: “Bunyanesque waves...crunched homes and municipal piers into little more than kindling wood.”
4. Of immense size or stature, as ascribed to Paul Bunyan or to the other characters, exploits, etc., in the legends about him.

1. A literary or dramatic work that ridicules a subject either by presenting a solemn subject in an undignified style or an inconsequential subject in a dignified style.
2. A ludicrous or mocking imitation; a travesty: "The antics of the defense attorneys turned the trial into a burlesque of justice."
3. A variety show characterized by broad ribald comedy, dancing, and striptease.
4. Involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject.
5. From French, comical, from Italian burlesco, from burla, "joke", probably from Spanish, from Vulgar Latin burrula, diminutive of Late Latin burrae, "nonsense", from burra, "wool".

In the style of a centaur.

1. Of enormous size or magnitude; huge; of or suited to a giant.
2. Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.

Having the characteristics of a gorgon; hideous, repulsive.

1. Characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion, as with appearance or manner.
2. Outlandish or bizarre, as in character or appearance.
3. Of, relating to, or being the grotesque style in art or a work executed in this style.
4. A style of painting, sculpture, and ornamentation in which natural forms and monstrous figures are intertwined in bizarre or fanciful combinations; a work of art executed in this style.

1. A musical composition of humorous or capricious character.
2. A light or whimsical piece of music, especially from the 19th-century.

1. Pertaining to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
2. In the manner of Leonardo da Vinci.

Like or characteristic of Abraham Lincoln; such as, a Lincolnesque compassion.

1. Having the characteristics of nature or natural objects.
2. Imitation of, or adherence to, nature

1. Of, suggesting, or suitable for a picture: "We saw the picturesque rocky shores."
2. Striking or interesting in an unusual way; irregularly or quaintly attractive; as a picturesque sea shore.
3. Strikingly graphic, vivid, expressive; creating detailed mental images; as, picturesque language.
4. Visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: "We saw a picturesque fishing village while we were in Spain."
5. Having pleasing or interesting qualities; strikingly effective in presentation.

In a picturesque manner.

1. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornaments and arcades.
2. Characteristic of or relating to the style of European painting, sculpture, or decorative arts contemporary with Romanesque architecture.

Romanesque works of art show a Byzantine influence and often feature elaborate ornamentation.