Passymeasure

noun

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Noun

1
A dance, the passepied. obsolete
"After a passy-measure, or a pavin', I hate a drunken rogue"

Synonyms

paspy passepied

Example

"After a passy-measure, or a pavin', I hate a drunken rogue"

Etymology

Corrupted from Italian passamezzo. Doublet of passamezzo.

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