C19: via French and German from Czech rejdovák, from rejdovati to guide around
redowa in American English
(ˈredəwə, -və)
noun
a Bohemian dance in two forms, one resembling the waltz or the mazurka, the otherresembling the polka
Word origin
[1855–60; ‹ F rédowa or G Redowa ‹ Czech rejdovák, deriv. of rejdovat to steer, wheel about]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barrage, kickoff, output, pickup, specialist
Examples of 'redowa' in a sentence
redowa
I couldn't help revelling in the language and the use of such words as 'tarlatan' and 'sacque' and'redowa'.