gigue

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/ʒiːɡ/

noun

An Irish dance, derived from the jig, used in the Partita form (Baroque Period).

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Meanings

noungigue (plural gigues)

plural gigues

  1. An Irish dance, derived from the jig, used in the Partita form (Baroque Period).
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    […] sweet to us it is to behold delightful dancing, be it the stately splendour of the Pavane which progresseth as large clouds at sun-down that pass by in splendour; or the graceful Allemande; or the Fandango, which goeth by degrees from languorous beauty to the swiftness and passion of Bacchanals dancing on the high lawns under a summer moon that hangeth in the pine trees; or the joyous maze of the Galliard; or the Gigue, dear to the Foliots.

    1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 33

Synonyms & antonyms

nounmusic in three-four time for dancing a jig

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Origin

  1. Frenchgigue
  2. Englishgigue

From French gigue. Doublet of jig.

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Chicago

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