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galant¹

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Borrowed from French galant (“gallant”).

adjective

  1. historical Of or relating to an 18th-century movement in visual arts and literature, opposing the strictures of the baroque style and emphasizing light, casual elegance.
  2. Of or relating to a musical movement, principally during the transition from the Baroque to the Classical period, a few decades either side of 1750, involving the use of more classically simplistic traits in comparison to the highly embellished and texturally complex precedent in the Baroque period.

Galant²

adjective

  1. alternative Alternative form of galant

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"galant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/galant. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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galant. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/galant

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"galant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/galant.

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@misc{galant_2026,
  title = {galant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/galant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}