coranto
Americannoun
plural
corantos, corantoesnoun
Etymology
Origin of coranto
1615–25; earlier carranta < Italian cor ( r ) anta < French courante courante
Example Sentences
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They no more think of weaving whole paragraphs or chapters into complex harmonies, than an ordinary pedestrian of 'going to church in a galliard and coming home in a coranto.'
From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
M'sieu spoke dreadful English, but danced like the essence of agility, and taught both Nick and Cicely the latest Italian coranto, playing the tune upon his queer little pochette.
From Master Skylark by Bennett, John
The little beast has taught me a new step in the coranto.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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
There was not a woman at the Louvre who had my complexion, nor one who could walk a coranto with more grace.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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