coranto

[ kuh-ran-toh, -rahn-, koh- ]

noun,plural co·ran·tos, co·ran·toes.

Origin of coranto

1
1615–25; earlier carranta<Italian cor(r)anta<French courantecourante

Words Nearby coranto

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How to use coranto in a sentence

  • I thought Sir you wou'd have been more open-handed, I sell no coranto's at such rates.

  • Morley speaks of the Volte, and says it is characterised by 'rising and leaping,' and is of the same 'measure' as a coranto.

    Shakespeare and Music | Edward W. Naylor
  • Whitelocke and Hyde were two of the principal managers, and the former wrote for it his celebrated coranto.

    Christmastide | William Sandys
  • Even the Pope (I speak in all reverence) must play billiards or trip a coranto now and then!

    Shandygaff | Christopher Morley
  • Then Charles, with ready grace, would begin the coranto, taking a single lady in this dance along the gallery.

    The Wits and Beaux of Society | Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton

British Dictionary definitions for coranto

coranto

/ (kɒˈræntəʊ) /


nounplural -tos
  1. a variant of courante

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