Definition of Odalisk

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of odalisque) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Odalisk

1. a female slave in a harem [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Odalisk

oculus
oculus dexter
oculus sinister
ocy-
ocypodian
ocypodians
ocytocin
od
oda
odachi
odah
odahs
odal
odalique
odaliques
odalisk (current term)
odalisks
odalisques
odaller
odallers
odals
odango
odas
odaxesmus
odaxetic
odd
odd-even check
odd-job(a)
odd-job man

Literary usage of Odalisk

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The People of Turkey: Twenty Years Residence Among Bulgarians, Greek by John Elijah Blunt (1878)
"... of Good Fortune— Ceremonies Attending the Sultan's Selection of an odalisk—A Slave seldom sees the Sultan more than Once—Consequent Loss of Dignity and ..."

2. Magic: Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography by Albert Allis Hopkins, Henry Ridgely Evans (1901)
"When the odalisk is to vanish and the caliph to appear he slips in from the board on the outside, while the odalisk takes her place on the board behind the ..."

3. Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopaedia of Universal Authorship by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon (1893)
"She would create a disturbance. You know what a head she has—a volcano ! And consider, my friend, that at present she is a veritable odalisk. ..."

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