{"id":6849,"date":"2016-11-28T08:01:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T14:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=6849"},"modified":"2016-11-28T08:01:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T14:01:29","slug":"word-of-the-day-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2016\/11\/28\/word-of-the-day-48\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Arabesque<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The <b>arabesque<\/b> is a form of artistic decoration consisting of &#8220;surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils&#8221; or plain lines,\u00a0often combined with other elements. [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arabesque\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Wikipedia<\/strong><\/em><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are other definitions, relating to ballet &amp; music. Seen in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Seven-Brief-Lessons-Physics-Rovelli\/dp\/152472338X\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Seven Brief Lessons on Physics<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, by Carlo Rovelli, pp 67-68:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Within the immense ocean of galaxies and stars we are in a remote corner; amid the infinite arabesques of forms that constitute reality, we are merely a flourish among innumerably many such flourishes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Three\u00a0remarks.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>Arabesque<\/em> is an immensely difficult word for a touch typist.<\/li>\n<li>It is unclear whether this definition is applicable or not.<\/li>\n<li>I didn&#8217;t finish reading the chapter containing the quote. No doubt this is reflective of a personal failing, and not of a defect in the author.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arabesque: The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of &#8220;surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils&#8221; or plain lines,\u00a0often combined with other elements. [Wikipedia] There are other definitions, relating to ballet &amp; music. Seen in Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, by Carlo \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2016\/11\/28\/word-of-the-day-48\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6850,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6849\/revisions\/6850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}