bayadere

/ˌbaɪ.əˈdɛə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From French bayadère.

bayadere means A female dancer. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

bayadere is pronounced /ˌbaɪ.əˈdɛə(ɹ)/.

noun

A female dancer.“Her performance being finished, the bayadere was succeeded by others, each of whom appeared to have her specialty--one imitating by her postures a serpent-charmer; another quite unequivocally representing a man-charmer; another rapidly executing what seemed an interminable pirouette.”
A type of fabric having strongly contrasting stripes.“Bertha had chosen a blue and white silk of a bayadere stripe, with lace ruffles at the neck and wrists and a skirt of voluminous fulness.”