Look up: Galliard


  1. Galliard
    Gal'liard adjective [ Middle English , from French gaillard , perhaps of Celtic origin; confer Ir. & Gael. galach valiant, or Anglo-Saxon gagol , geagl , wanton, lascivious.] Gay; brisk; active. [ Obsolete]
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/4

  2. Galliard
    Gal'liard noun A brisk, gay man. [ Obsolete] « Selden is a galliard by himself.» Cleveland.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/4

  3. Galliard
    Gal'liard noun [ French gaillarde , confer Spanish gallarda . See Galliard , adjective ] A gay, lively dance. Confer Gailliarde . « Never a hall such a galliard did grace.» Si...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/4

  4. Galliard
    • (a.) A gay, lively dance. Cf. Gailliarde. • (a.) Gay; brisk; active. • (n.) A brisk, gay man.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/galliard/

  5. galliard
    (French gaillard: `lively`), vigorous 16th-century European court dance. Its four hopping steps and one high leap permitted athletic gentlemen to ... [3 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/5

  6. Galliard
    The galliard was a spirited dance in triple time for two persons, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/VG.HTM

  7. Galliard
    The galliard (gaillarde in French; gagliarda in Italian) was a form of Renaissance dance and music popular all over Europe in the 16th century. It is mentioned in dance manuals from England, France, Spain, Germany and Italy, among others. ==Dance form== As a dance, the galliard was definitely not o...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galliard

  8. Galliard
    quick and lively, also the name of a dance done in triple time
    Found op http://tudorswiki.sho.com/page/Tudor+Words+Glossary

  9. Galliard
    [typeface] Galliard is the name of a serif typeface designed by Matthew Carter and issued in 1978 by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company. Galliard is based on the sixteenth-century type of Robert Granjon. According to Alexander Lawson, "The name Galliard stems from Granjon`s own term for an 8-...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galliard_(typeface)

  10. Galliard
    Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
    Found op http://www.classicalworks.com/html/glossary.html

  11. galliard
    a lively court dance of Italian origin, usually in triple time.
    Found op http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/glossary.htm

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