Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

medicine dance

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.52 in modern English

Syllables: medicine -dance
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ritual dance ceremony performed as a form of therapy.

Example Sentences

"The medicine man, remembering the previous winter's disastrous prediction, decided to cover himself. So he did a medicine dance, threw some spirit dust around and proclaimed, "Winter will be bad.""

Inflected Forms

medicine dances (plural)

Questions

What does medicine dance mean?: A ritual dance ceremony performed as a form of therapy.

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