seconde
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of seconde
1680–90; < French, feminine of second second 1
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And Michael de la Nuez, while spinning in a pirouette à la seconde, suddenly sliced his free leg backward and forward.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
They did a double à la seconde turn, one leg whipping out to the side in the middle of each swift revolution, followed by a triple pirouette dropping into a split.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2017
And all of this is expressed in a pirouette à la seconde, a step which, to a dancer of McRae's accomplishment, can be dashed off almost without thought.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 26, 2010
The seconde part of Arithmetike, teachyng the workyng by fractions, with extraction of rootes both square and cubike: And declaryng the rule of allegation, with sundrye plesaunt exaumples in metalles and other thynges.
From The Path-Way to Knowledg Containing the First Principles of Geometrie by Record, Robert
Ye seconde bringe along with ye if ye please.
From The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People by Haynie, Miriam
In 1882, en secondes noces, she married Mr. Thomas Henry Hungerford, of St. Brenda's, Bandon, co.
From Mrs. Hungerford Notable Women Authors of the Day by Black, Helen C.
Bishops have a little turn, I observe, for marrying somebody who is somebody—specially en secondes noces, good men.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas
Miramon at one stage of the book's being, I find with real surprise, was married en secondes noces to Math.
From Figures of Earth by Cabell, James Branch
He was married, in 1395, to Maria, daughter of Andrea Priuli, and, en secondes noces, to Maria, or Marina, daughter of Bartolommeo Nani.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
This mother married en secondes noces a former sweetheart; it had been a case of a match opposed by parents on the ground of the apparent hopelessness of the young man's prospects.
From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend
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