Arabesque is a noun
According to the Merriam Webster dictionary arabesque means: An ornamental design consisting of intertwined flowing lines.
The word arabesque is used by the author Charlotte Perkins Gilman in the class handout entitled, “The Yellow Wallpaper.”
On page 64 Gilman wrote, “The outside pattern is a florid arabesque, reminding one of fungus.”
I understand that the narrator means that the outside pattern of the yellow wallpaper had an intricate design of many overlapping lines.
