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Tarantella

//ˌtɛɹənˈtɛlə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A rapid dance in 6/8 time, originating in Italy, or a piece of music for such a dance.

    "The set in which they found themselves was composed of English, and Amy was compelled to walk decorously through a cotillion, feeling all the while as if she could dance the tarantella with relish."

  2. 2
    a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons wordnet
  3. 3
    music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tarantella, a diminutive of Taranto, a town in southern Italy (but popularly associated with tarantola (“tarantula”), on the belief that the dance was variously a result of, or cure for, its bite).

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