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prettygoodwordTheme week again! This time, I'll be picking from alphaDictionary.coms list of The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English, while being careful not to repeat ones I've already done, like petrichor and aestivate.
odalisque - n., a female slave or concubine in a harem.
Especially the Sultan of Turkey's harem. In use in English since 1681, from French, alteration from odalique, from Turkish odalιk (yes, that's an i without a dot), concubine, from oda, room + -lιk, noun suffix expressing function -- so, a "room person/thing".
---L.
odalisque - n., a female slave or concubine in a harem.
Especially the Sultan of Turkey's harem. In use in English since 1681, from French, alteration from odalique, from Turkish odalιk (yes, that's an i without a dot), concubine, from oda, room + -lιk, noun suffix expressing function -- so, a "room person/thing".
---L.
