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tordion Now Hist.|ˈtɔːdɪən|
Forms: 6 turdion, turgion, 9– tourdion, 20– tordion.
[a. F. tordion, OF. tourdion, -eon, deriv. of tord-re to twist.]
A lively dance, said to be of the nature of a galliard; ‘a round’ (Cotgrave).
1531Elyot Gov. i. xx, We haue nowe base daunsis, bargenettes, pauions, turgions, and roundes. 1549Compl. Scot. vi. 66 Base dansis, pauuans, galȝardis, turdions, braulis and branglis, buffons, vitht mony vthir lycht dancis. 1895L. Grove Dancing viii. 244 The ‘Danse basse’ was very grave... It was performed to the accompaniment of psalms. It consisted of three parts—(1) the Danse basse proper, (2) the Retour, (3) the Tourdion. 1914T. & M. W. Kinney Dance iii. 54 The Tordion is another dance of lively origin. Sometimes it was made a vehicle for the grotesque. 1924Sharp & Oppé Dance 15 The Tordion was danced with the same steps as the Galliard but more quietly, without spring. 1957G. B. L. Wilson Penguin Dict. Ballet 267 Tordion, third section of the Basse Danse. 1974Early Music July 164/2 The tordion, a restrained form of galliard. |