passymeasure

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noun

A dance, the passepied.

OriginItalian passamezzo →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounpassymeasure (plural passymeasures)

plural passymeasures

  1. obsoleteA dance, the passepied.

    After a passy-measure, or a pavin', I hate a drunken rogue

    c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
passepied

Origin

  1. Italianpassamezzo
  2. Englishpassymeasure

Corrupted from Italian passamezzo. Doublet of passamezzo.

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APA

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Chicago

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