couru

[koo-roo; French koo-ry]

adjective Ballet.

done or executed with a running step.

Origin of couru

< French, past participle of courir to run ≪ Latin currere; see current

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Historical Examples of couru

The people in their amazement threw up their hands and cried "couru," which has ever since remained the name for daylight.
Short Sketches from Oldest America
John Driggs
Nous avons battu bien des pays, couru bien des aventures, dissip bien des dons: il nous reste la fidlit.
How France Built Her Cathedrals
Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
Cette anne il a couru par dela plusieurs maladies de dysenteries, qui ont est mortelles ceux qui en estoient attaints.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614
Various
En Angleterre, elle a couru ds la premire commotion, se rfugier dans les rangs des bourgeois, et sous leur protection.
History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3
Henry Thomas Buckle