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passepied

[pahs-pyey]
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noun, plural passe·pieds [pahs-pyey, -pyeyz] /pɑsˈpyeɪ, -ˈpyeɪz/.
  1. a lively dance in triple meter popular in France in the 17th and 18th centuries.
  2. a dance form in moderately fast 3/8 or 3/4 meter, occasionally constituting part of the 17th- and 18th-century instrumental suite.
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Origin of passepied

1685–95; < French: literally, pass (the) foot, i.e., move it, dance. See pass, -ped
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Historical Examples

  • Passepied (B flat major) "pour Madame Redwen," short and simple, but very neat and graceful, and quite in dance form.

    Life Of Mozart, Vol. 2 (of 3)

    Otto Jahn

British Dictionary definitions for passepied

passepied

noun plural -pieds (-ˈpjeɪ)
  1. a lively minuet of Breton origin, in triple time, popular in the 17th century
  2. a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
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Word Origin

C17: from French: pass the foot
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