lavolta

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noun

An ancient dance of the Renaissance which incorporated many challenging twists and skips.

OriginItalian la volta →
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Meanings

nounlavolta (plural lavoltas)

plural lavoltas

  1. An ancient dance of the Renaissance which incorporated many challenging twists and skips.

    Orlando, it is true, was none of those who tread lightly the coranto and lavolta; he was clumsy; and a little absent-minded.

    1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando: A Biography, London: The Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished as Orlando: A Biography (eBook no. 0200331h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, July 2015

Origin

  1. Italianla volta“the turn, turning, whirl”
  2. Englishlavolta

From Italian la volta (“the turn, turning, whirl”) and the French la volte (circular movement). Compare volt (“circular tread of a horse”), volta.

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