Cinque-pace

Quick meaning: Cinque-pace is a noun meaning (obsolete) A lively dance, the galliard, whose steps were regulated by the number five.

Meaning

(obsolete) A lively dance, the galliard, whose steps were regulated by the number five.

Example Sentences

For, hear me, Hero: wooing, wedding, and repenting is as a Scotch jig, a measure, and a cinque-pace: the first suit is hot and hasty, like a Scotch jig, and full as fantastical; the wedding, mannerly-modest, as a measure, full of state and ancientry; and then comes Repentance, and with his bad legs, falls into the cinque-pace faster and faster, till he sink into his grave.

Word Forms

• cinque-paces

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cinquepace, cinquepas, galliard, cinq, quintetto, quintole.

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