allongé

[Fr. a-lawn-zhey]

al·lon·gé

[Fr. a-lawn-zhey]
adjective Ballet.
performed with the body and one arm stretched forward: an arabesque allongé.

Origin:
1660–70; < French: literally, extended, lengthened, past participle of allonger
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