farandole
Americannoun
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a lively dance, of Provençal origin, in which all the dancers join hands and execute various figures.
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the music for this dance.
noun
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a lively dance in six-eight or four-four time from Provence
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a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of farandole
1860–65; < French < Provençal farandoulo, perhaps a conflation of b ( a ) randello with same sense, derivative of brandà to move, rock (< Germanic; see brandish) and flandrinà to dawdle, ultimately derivative of Flandres Flanders
Example Sentences
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After the lights went up, Lacroix joined the crowds and danced the farandole, the heels-up peasant dance of Provence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said Archbishop Joachim Ndayen of the Central African Republic: "We didn't come thousands of kilometers to dance a farandole."
From Time Magazine Archive
At last we got on towards the end, and they began the farandole.
From The Visits of Elizabeth by Glyn, Elinor
And, hand clasping hand, they swung out into the farandole.
From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Marie Antoinette once declared she had her most enjoyable time at a wild farandole in the Royal Drummer.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
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