terpsichorean
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/ˌtəːp.sɪ.kəɹˈiː.ən/(UK)
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/ˌtəːp.sɪ.kəɹˈiː.ən/(UK) · /ˌtɝp.sɪ.kəˈɹiː.ən/(US) · /ˌtɝp.sɪˈkɔɹ.iː.ən/(US)
Definition of terpsichorean
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of or relating to dancing.
“The pair danced away with great agility and contentment,—first a waltz, then a galop, then a waltz again, until, in the second waltz, they were bumped by another couple who had joined the Terpsichorean choir.”
“This was such an entirely new view of the Terpsichorean art as socially practised, that Mrs Lammle looked at her young friend in some astonishment”
“They're quiet enough in the morning hours, They're quiet enough in the afternoon, Reserving their terpsichorean powers To dance by the light of the Jellicle Moon.”
“Oh, heaven forbid: I am one who delights in all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse!”
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adj
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Of or relating to dancing.
“The pair danced away with great agility and contentment,—first a waltz, then a galop, then a waltz again, until, in the second waltz, they were bumped by another couple who had joined the Terpsichorean choir.”
“This was such an entirely new view of the Terpsichorean art as socially practised, that Mrs Lammle looked at her young friend in some astonishment”
“They're quiet enough in the morning hours, They're quiet enough in the afternoon, Reserving their terpsichorean powers To dance by the light of the Jellicle Moon.”
“Oh, heaven forbid: I am one who delights in all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse!”
- (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable)Alternative form of terpsichorean; of or relating to dancing.
noun
- A person who dances, especially professionally.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Terpsichore (“the Muse of dance in Greek mythology”).
Words you can make from terpsichorean
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Best play chiropterans 19 points11-letter words
9 words10-letter words
35 words- ARCHPRIEST 17 pts
- CHAPERONES 17 pts
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- INTERPOSER 12 pts
- PRETORIANS 12 pts
- PROTEINASE 12 pts
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- REENACTORS 12 pts
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9-letter words
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- EARTHRISE 12 pts
- HEARTSORE 12 pts
- HERNIATES 12 pts
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- HORTENSIA 12 pts
- NEARSHORE 12 pts
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- ACTIONERS 11 pts
- ANORETICS 11 pts
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- ATROPINES 11 pts
- CAREERIST 11 pts
- CAROTENES 11 pts
- CARROTINS 11 pts
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- CISTERNAE 11 pts
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- CREATIONS 11 pts
- ENTROPIES 11 pts
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- ERRANCIES 11 pts
- ESOTERICA 11 pts
- INCREASER 11 pts
- INTERPOSE 11 pts
- INTERRACE 11 pts
- ITERANCES 11 pts
- NARCOTISE 11 pts
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- ORIENTERS 9 pts
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