Associations to the word «Bayadere»

Wiktionary

BAYADÈRE, noun. A Hindu dancing-girl.
BAYADERE, noun. (countable) (dated) A female dancer
BAYADERE, noun. A type of fabric having strongly contrasting stripes

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats