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单词 cotillion
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cotillionn.

/kə(ʊ)ˈtɪljən/
Forms: 1700s– cotillion, 1700s– cotillon.
Etymology: < French cotillon petticoat, peasant girl's jupon, diminutive of cotte coat, in 18th cent. given as name to a dance for four or eight persons: see Littré. N.E.D. (1893) enters this under the double word cotillion, cotillon and gives the pronunciations (koti·lyən, kotilyoṅ) /kəʊˈtɪljən/, /kotijɔʲ̃/.
1.
a. The name of several dances, chiefly of French origin, consisting of a variety of steps and figures.In English usage now only as a foreign term; but in U.S. commonly used as a generic name for quadrilles, spec. = German cotillion n. at German n. and adj. Compounds 1b.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [noun] > specific dances
brawla1542
branglec1550
caterbrawl1565
bransle1590
branle1674
bocanea1701
cotillion1766
quadrille1773
German cotillion1831
supper quadrille1831
Grandpère1835
galop1837
brantle1846
German1853
lancers1862
grandfather1897
1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide xiii. vii. 95 Miss Clunch and Sir Toby perform'd a Cotillon.
1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals iii. v These outlandish heathen Allemandes and Cotillons are quite beyond me!
1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 560 Warlocks and witches in a dance; Nae cotillon [1791 cotillion] brent new frae France.
1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) I. xiv. 215 [In America] they call their dances cotillions instead of quadrilles.
b. attributive.
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1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. viii. 124 Monday's dress ball, Wednesday's concert, Thursday's cotillion ball.
1837–42 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales (1851) II. xv. 229 Some cotillion party, or subscription ball at a dollar a head.
2.
a. A piece of music suited to or arranged for the dance.
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1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
b. A formal ball, such as a coming-out dance. U.S.
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society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > other balls or dances
carolc1300
buttock-ball1698
redoubt1698
ridotto1708
race ball1770
county ball1771
dress ball?1772
promenade1778
waltz1802
hunt ball1807
dignity ball1834
ball-royala1843
polkery1845
jigging-party1872
prom1879
Cinderella dance1883
dinner dance1887
white ball1891
cotillion1898
taxi dance1910
Stampede Dance1950
go-go1965
1898 P. L. Ford Tattle-tales Cupid 210 Well, on a yacht—he met her; then at a ball—he met her; then at a cotillion—he met her; then at a dinner—he met her.
1910 J. Addams Twenty Years at Hull-House xv. 348 A small group of residents put their best powers of invention and construction into preparation for a cotillion which is like a pageant in its gayety and vigor.
1985 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. i. 84/3 She was presented at the Debutante Cotillion and Christmas Ball and was a member of the New York Junior Assembly.
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3. ‘A woollen material in black and white for ladies' skirts’ (Simmonds Dict. Trade 1858).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

cotillionv.

Forms: 1800s–1900s cotillon, 1800s– cotillion.
Etymology: < cotillion n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: coˈtillion.
intransitive. To dance cotillions.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [verb (intransitive)]
quadrille1825
cotillion1833
1833 Deb. Congress 26 Jan. 1402 Daughters of very indulgent fathers enter the ball room, and waltz, and cotillon, ornamented with several hundred bales of cotton.
1900 Daily News 28 June 4/7 We dance, and cotillon, and listen to music.

Derivatives

cotillonneur n. /kɔtijɔnœːr/ a dancer of the cotillion.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [noun] > specific dances > dancer
quadriller1740
cotillonneur1898
1898 Daily News 4 June 3/3 One of the best cotilloneurs going.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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