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tripudiary

tripudiary adjective: of or relating to dancing.

Adjective

tripudiary (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Of or relating to dancing.
    • On this foundation were built the conclusions of Southsayers in their Auguriall, and Tripudiary divinations […]1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, published 1650, Book I, Chapter 4, p. 12
    • Biblical and literary references to tripudiary acts are almost too common to require mention.1895 October 17, Irving C. Rosen, “The Conservative Value of the Play-Impulse”, in Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 133, number 16, page 387

Origin of tripudiary

Latin tripudium (“a measured stamping, a leaping, a solemn religious dance”).

Questions about tripudiary

What does tripudiary mean?
Tripudiary means of or relating to dancing.
What part of speech is tripudiary?
Tripudiary is an adjective.

Words near tripudiary in the dictionary

  1. triptychs
  2. triptyque
  3. triptyques
  4. tripudia
  5. tripudiant
  6. tripudiary
  7. tripudiate
  8. tripudiated
  9. tripudiates
  10. tripudiating
  11. tripudiation

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