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Odalisque

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Odalisque (being the third book of Quicksilver)

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Le Grande Odalisque
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres 1814
Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France

Odalisque

(o·da·lisque also o·da·lisk)

  • A concubine or woman slave in a harem.

Also

  • A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan

[French, from Turkish dalik, chambermaid : dah, room + -lik, suff. expressing function.]