单词 | pas grave |
释义 | pas graven. Now rare. A slow or solemn dance; (also) †the step characteristic of this dance (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > slow or stately dance > [noun] measure?c1430 base dancea1475 pas grave1762 basse danse1789 slow dance1890 slowie2002 1762 A. Ramsay Dial. Taste (ed. 2) 29 Her pas grave..is far before the minuet step, with all its wavings. 1776 Weekly Miscell. 16 Dec. 253 Mr. Chaconne, the dancing-master, is to teach me the pas grave, and to give me a few attitudes. 1804 C. Smith Conversat. I. 140 She..shewed a new pas grave, which her dancing-master had lately introduced. 1823 C. M. Fanshawe in J. Baillie Coll. of Poems 66 The slow pas-grave, and slower balancé. 1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 2 July ii. 6/1 ‘Pas Graves’ refers to a step in the courante, the favorite dance of the Sun King. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1762 |
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