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bayadere

bayadere

9.9
Having bright horizontal stripes, often on fabric
  • adjective
  • Archaic
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  • Her scarf featured a bold bayadere pattern in shades of blue and green.

Examples

  • The designer chose a bayadere fabric to add a lively touch to the summer collection.

  • They decorated the room with bayadere curtains that brightened the entire space.

  • The dress she wore was a stunning bayadere pattern.

  • I love the bayadere stripes on this fabric.

  • The designer chose a bayadere fabric to add a lively touch to the summer collection.

  • Her scarf featured a bold bayadere pattern in shades of blue and green.

  • They decorated the room with bayadere curtains that brightened the entire space.

Synonyms

striped
vsbayadere
9 1.0

With long lines of a different color, like on a shirt or animal

focuses on bright horizontal bands especially as a fabric pattern
stripy
vsbayadere
  • UK
1 1.0

Having lines in different colors, like a shirt with blue and white lines

specifies bright horizontal stripes mainly seen on fabrics
barred
vsbayadere
3.5

Marked with stripes or bands of colour across the surface

means bright horizontal bands used particularly in textile patterns

Surface Forms

bayadere positive

Etymology

Bayadere comes from the Portuguese word bailadeira, related to bailar 'to dance', a name Europeans used for Indian temple dancers. Those dancers often wore bright, horizontal stripes, so bayadere now describes fabric with bright horizontal stripes.