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/ˌɔriˈɛntəl/ /ˌɔriˈɛnəl/ Listen

Oriental

adjective

Denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia.

noun

A member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans). Synonym: oriental person.

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"Oriental" Quotes from Famous Books

... natural history. It occurred to him to try to turn his infant talents to account; and he painted upon cardboard a couple of birds in the style which the older among us remember as having been called Oriental tinting, took them to a small shop, and sold them for fourpence. The kindness of friends, to whom he was ever grateful, gave him the opportunity of more serious and more remunerative study, and he became a patient and accurate zooelogical draughtsman. Many ...

— Nonsense Books • Edward Lear

... below, old Calamity keeping watch as usual and only turning in, when she heard Eleanor going to bed. Eleanor waited till all was quiet. Then, she drew the burlap portiere across the mosquito door, and lighted her candle, and began writing,—writing what? Was it some dildo of oriental song she had read in Europe; was it the burden of some Indian chant stirring vaguely in her unconscious blood; or was it but the simple love cry of primitive Woman, of that woman who wandered round about the streets of Jerusalem calling her lover? "My flesh cries out to touch ...

— The Freebooters of the Wilderness • Agnes C. Laut

... vessel steamed slowly in, close under the quaint old Portuguese fortress built over three hundred years ago, I was much struck with the strange beauty of the view which gradually opened out before me. Contrary to my anticipation, everything looked fresh and green, and an oriental glamour of enchantment seemed to hang over the island. The old town was bathed in brilliant sunshine and reflected itself lazily on the motionless sea; its flat roofs and dazzlingly white walls peeped out dreamily between waving palms and lofty cocoanuts, huge ...

— The Man-eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures • J. H. Patterson

... me like a robe Worn threadbare in the seams, and out of date. I have outgrown it. Wherefore should I weep And dwell upon its beauty, and its dyes Of Oriental splendour, or complain That I must needs discard it? I can weave Upon the shuttles of the future years A fabric far more durable. Subdued, It may be, in the blending of its hues, Where sombre shades ...

— Maurine and Other Poems • Ella Wheeler Wilcox

... artistic taste, and would have yielded fresh inspiration to the soul of a Gustave Dore. The rocks are evidently all igneous and volcanic, but often stand apart in separate columns, and sometimes bear a striking resemblance to enormous beasts or images that might once have served for Oriental idols. ...

— With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back • Edward P. Lowry

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