galliard

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galliard

noun galliards · gaillard

countable, uncountable A lively dance, popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe. […] sweet to us it is to behold delightful dancing, be it the stately splendour of the Pavane which progresseth as large clouds at sun-down that pass by in splendour; or the graceful Allemande; or the Fandango, which goeth by degrees from languorous beauty to the swiftness and passion of Bacchanals
countable, uncountable The triple-time music for this dance.
countable, dated, uncountable A brisk, merry person. Thus every Gibelline hath got his Guelf ; But Selden he's a Galliard by himself ; And well may be ; there's more Divines in him , Than in all this their Jewish Sanhedrim ;
dated, uncountable An intermediate size of type alternatively equated with brevier (by Didot points) or bourgeois (by Fournier points and by size).

adjective more galliard · most galliard · gaillard

dated Gay; brisk; active.

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noun 8-point type

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@misc{galliard_2026,
  title = {galliard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/galliard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}