coranto
Americannoun
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corantos,
plural
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corantoes
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of coranto
1615–25; earlier carranta < Italian cor ( r ) anta < French courante courante
Example Sentences
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Why dost thou not go to church in a galliard and come home in a coranto?
From Twelfth Night; or What You Will by Shakespeare, William
I would give value to behold the execution of a coranto and inspect the steps of a cinque-pace, having assurance that the performances assuming these names were veritably identical with their memorable originals.
From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales by Bierce, Ambrose
I was afraid that you preferred the light and trivial coranto to the graceful saraband.”
From The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War by Fenn, George Manville
In 1625 was issued the first coranto with a name, 'printed for Mercurius Britannicus'.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague
The coranto is a difficult movement to perform gracefully.
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles
"He danced with thee four galliards, nine quadrilles, and twenty-three corantoes, I think, child," the mother said, eluding her daughter's remark.
From Burlesques by Thackeray, William Makepeace
New books every day, pamphlets, corantoes, stories, whole catalogues of volumes of all sorts, new paradoxes, opinions, schisms, heresies, controversies in philosophy, religion, &c.
From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert
Then they all together dance 'measures, corantos, and galliards,' till Phosphorus the day star appears and calls them away— To rest!
From The History of London by Besant, Walter, Sir
They don’t understand sarabands and corantos; and you can’t play jigs.”
From The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War by Fenn, George Manville
They bid us to the English dancing-schools, And teach lavoltas high, and swift corantos; Saying our grace is only in our heels, And that we are most lofty runaways.
From King Henry V by Shakespeare, William
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