† syncopan.
Etymology: Representing French cinq pas (see cinquepace n.).
Obsolete.
rare.
society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > lively dances > [noun] > galliard and similar
1632 W. Lithgow iv. 155 So they learne either a French Syncopa, or an Italian Bergamasko.
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