Odalisque
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Odalisque (being the third book of Quicksilver)
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.]