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tableau
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[ˈtabləʊ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history; a tableau vivant
(e.g: in the first act the action is presented in a series of tableaux)
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Origin
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late 17th century (in the sense ‘picture’, figuratively ‘picturesque description’): from French, literally ‘picture’, diminutive of table (see table)
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