单词 | terpsichore |
释义 | Terpsichoren. The Muse of dancing; hence, a female dancer; dancing as an art. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > [noun] > Muse of Terpsichore1710 society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > female hoppesterec1000 leaperessa1382 danceressa1425 Terpsichore1710 saltatress1784 the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > the Muses > one of musec1390 musie1566 the tenth Muse1609 Thalia1656 Terpsichore1710 society > leisure > dancing > [noun] > art of choreography1844 orchestics1847 orchestic1864 Terpsichore1906 1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 158 The Thalia's, the Polymnia's, the Terpsycore's, the Euterpe's willingly join their Parts. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 246 Stranger, approach, behold this homely chair, Which e'en Terpsichore herself might chuse. 1906 19th Cent. Mar. 457 We should lament the death of Terpsichore. Derivatives terpsichorean adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > [adjective] orchestic1712 tripudial1716 orchestric1786 tripudiary1819 choreographic1821 terpsichorean1825 terpsichoreal1869 choreographical1893 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 46 She had seen their Terpsichorean evolutions. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xi. 104 An entirely new view of the Terpsichorean art. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 98 Sometimes a series of co~ordinated gestures and movements [in hysterical persons] constitute a regular terpsichorean display. terpsichoˈreal adj. rare in same sense. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > [adjective] orchestic1712 tripudial1716 orchestric1786 tripudiary1819 choreographic1821 terpsichorean1825 terpsichoreal1869 choreographical1893 1869 Daily News 19 May The loving couples..hold themselves aloof from the busy hum, or mix in it for terpsichoreal or restorative purposes only. terpsichoˈreally adv. by means of dancing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > [adverb] footingly1566 dancingly1667 terpsichoreally1900 choreographically1911 1900 Daily News 12 Mar. 8/4 A poem, ‘Voltigia’, which poem the ‘Tenth Muse’ condescends to interpret terpsichoreally. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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