coranto
Americannoun
noun
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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
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
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
Wherefore are these things hid? wherefore have these gifts a curtain before them? why dost thou not go to church in a galliard, and come home in a coranto?
From Twelfth Night or, What You Will by Kemble, J P
"And the brantle and the coranto?" asked the duchess.
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles
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