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gavotte

noun
ga·​votte | \ gə-ˈvät How to pronounce gavotte (audio) \

Definition of gavotte

1 : a dance of French peasant origin marked by the raising rather than sliding of the feet
2 : a tune for the gavotte in moderately quick ⁴/₄ time
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gavotte intransitive verb

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 Through gavottes, tambourins, and menuets, dance pieces for those operas, the Baroque orchestra was in its full splendor. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "BEMF festival concerts, from ‘Beowulf’ to bedlam," 14 June 2019

First Known Use of gavotte

1696, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for gavotte

French, from Middle French, from Old Occitan gavato, from gavot Alpine dweller

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