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Definition of Rigadoon
1. n. A gay, lively dance for one couple, -- said to have been borrowed from Provence in France.
Definition of Rigadoon
1. Noun. A quickstep dance for two people. ¹
2. Noun. The music for this dance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rigadoon
1. a lively dance [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rigadoon
Literary usage of Rigadoon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"The rigadoon was remarkable for a peculiar jumping step (which is ... The music
of the rigadoon is in 2-4 or (3 time, and consists of three or four ..."
2. A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and ...by Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1790)
"To RIG, rig', va To drefs, to accoutre; to fit with tackling. rigadoon, Hg-à-dô'nf
A' dance. ... rigadoon ..."
3. The Mocking Bird: A New Romantic Comedy Opera in Three Acts by Alfred Baldwin Sloane, Sydney Rosenfeld (1902)
"The rigadoon. Bob Finchley. Music by A. BALDWIN SLOANE. Tempo di Polka. * ppp
With the mind and bo - dy free tí ..."
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