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galliard

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gal·liard  (glyrd)
n.
1. A spirited dance popular in France in the 16th and 17th centuries.
2. The triple-time music for this dance.
adj. Archaic
Spirited; lively; gay.
[Middle English gaillard, from Old French gaillart, probably of Celtic origin.]
galliard [ˈgæljəd]
n
1. (Performing Arts / Dancing) a spirited dance in triple time for two persons, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries
2. (Music / Classical Music) a piece of music composed for this dance
adj
Archaic lively; spirited
[from Old French gaillard valiant, perhaps of Celtic origin]


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A landsman could hardly have worn this garb and shown this face, and worn and shown them both with such a galliard air, without undergoing stern question before a magistrate, and probably incurring a fine or imprisonment, or perhaps an exhibition in the stocks.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
`That is your business, old swine's-head,' cried the black galliard.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Nay, if there be any, that would reign and take up all the time, let him find means to take them off, and to bring others on; as musicians use to do, with those that dance too long galliards.
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