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‖ Terpsichore|ˌtɜːpˈsɪkəriː|
[a. Gr. τερψιχόρη ‘dance-enjoying’, name of the Muse of dancing and of the dramatic chorus, f. τέρπειν to delight + χορός dance, chorus.]
The Muse of dancing; hence, a female dancer; dancing as an art.
1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) I. 317 The Thalia's, the Polyhymnia's, the Terpsychore's, the Euterpe's willingly join their parts. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) III. 427 Stranger, approach, behold this homely chair, Which e'en Terpsichore herself might chuse. 190619th Cent. Mar. 457 We should lament the death of Terpsichore.
Hence terpsichorean |ˌtɜːpsɪkəˈriːən| a., of, pertaining to, or of the nature of dancing; saltatory. So terpsichoˈreal a. (rare) in same sense; hence terpsichoˈreally adv., by means of dancing.
1869Daily News 19 May, The loving couples..hold themselves aloof from the busy hum, or mix in it for *terpsichoreal or restorative purposes only.
1900Ibid. 12 Mar. 8/4 A poem, ‘Voltigia’, which poem the ‘Tenth Muse’ condescends to interpret *terpsichoreally.
1825T. Hook Sayings Ser. ii. Sutherl. (Colburn) 26 She had seen their *Terpsichorean evolutions. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. i. xi, An entirely new view of the Terpsichorean art. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 98 Sometimes a series of co⁓ordinated gestures and movements [in hysterical persons] constitute a regular terpsichorean display. |