Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A spirited dance in triple meter, popular in France and England in the 1600s and 1700s, resembling a minuet but faster.
- noun The music for this dance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dance said to have originated in Brittany, resembling the minuet, but much quicker.
- noun Music for such a dance, or in its rhythm, which was triple and quick.
- noun Also
paspy .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A courtly
dance , in triple time, from 17th century France; a faster form of theminuet
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French : passer, to pass; see pass + pied, foot (from Old French, from Latin pēs, ped-; see pedal).]
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