choregraphy

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choregraphy

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Borrowed from French chorégraphie.

It replaced earlier chorography in the dance sense (from χορός (khorós, “dance ring, round dance”) + -γραφία (-graphía); compare Greek χορογραφία (chorografía)), which had been used in 1710 as a translation of the same French term.

noun choregraphies

countable, obsolete, uncountable Obsolete form of choreography I could wiſh I had been skill’d in Choregraphy, to repreſent ſome of their Dances.

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@misc{choregraphy_2026,
  title = {choregraphy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/choregraphy},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}