bayadere
- adjective
- Archaic
- Her scarf featured a bold bayadere pattern in shades of blue and green.
Examples
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The designer chose a bayadere fabric to add a lively touch to the summer collection.
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They decorated the room with bayadere curtains that brightened the entire space.
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The dress she wore was a stunning bayadere pattern.
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I love the bayadere stripes on this fabric.
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The designer chose a bayadere fabric to add a lively touch to the summer collection.
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Her scarf featured a bold bayadere pattern in shades of blue and green.
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They decorated the room with bayadere curtains that brightened the entire space.
Synonyms
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1.0
With long lines of a different color, like on a shirt or animal
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3.5
Marked with stripes or bands of colour across the surface
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1.0
Having lines in different colors, like a shirt with blue and white lines
Surface Forms
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.