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passymeasure

passymeasure noun: a dance, the passepied.

Noun

passymeasure (plural passymeasures)

  1. (obsolete) A dance, the passepied.
    • After a passy-measure, or a pavin', I hate a drunken roguec. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of passymeasure

pluralpassymeasures

Origin of passymeasure

Corrupted from Italian passamezzo. Doublet of passamezzo.

Questions about passymeasure

What does passymeasure mean?
Passymeasure means a dance, the passepied.
What part of speech is passymeasure?
Passymeasure is a noun.
What is the plural of passymeasure?
The plural of passymeasure is passymeasures.

Words near passymeasure in the dictionary

  1. passwording
  2. passwordless
  3. passwordlike
  4. passwords
  5. Passy
  6. passymeasure
  7. passymeasures
  8. passé
  9. passée
  10. passéism
  11. passéist

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