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rigadoon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rigadoon
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A quickstep dance for two people.

noun

The music for this dance.

noun

Formerly in the French army, the beat of a drum while culprits were being marched to punishment.

Etymology

Anglicized from French rigaudon. Ultimate origin unknown; perhaps related to Hebrew ריקודים or Arabic رقص.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Military.

Inflected Forms

rigadoons (plural)

Questions

What does rigadoon mean?
A quickstep dance for two people.
Where does rigadoon come from?
It is traced to French.

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