saribel.html - n.
(also saree) (pl. saris or sarees) a length of cotton or silk draped round the body, traditionally worn as a main garment by Indian women. [Hindi sar(h)i]

saribel.html - n.
1 a stately old Spanish dance.
2 music for this or in its rhythm, usu. in triple time often with a long note on the second beat of the bar. [F sarabande f. Sp. & It. zarabanda]

saribel.html - n. & adj.
hist. --n.

1 an Arab or Muslim at the time of the Crusades.
2 a nomad of the Syrian and Arabian desert.

--adj.

of the Saracens.

Saracen corn Brit. archaic buckwheat. Saracen's head the head of a Saracen or Turk as a heraldic charge or inn-sign.

Saracenic adj. [ME f. OF sar(r)azin, sar(r)acin f. LL Saracenus f. late Gk Sarakenos perh. f. Arab. sarki eastern]

saribel.html - n.
(pl. sarangis) an Indian stringed instrument played with a bow. [Hindi sarangi]

saribel.html - var. of SERAPE.

saribel.html - n.
1 a bitter or wounding remark.
2 a taunt, esp. one ironically worded.
3 language consisting of such remarks.
4 the faculty of using this.

sarcastic adj. sarcastically adv. [F sarcasme or f. LL sarcasmus f. late Gk sarkasmos f. Gk sarkazo tear flesh, in late Gk gnash the teeth, speak bitterly f. sarx sarkos flesh]