How do you pronounce terpsichorean?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtɝp.sɪ.kəˈɹiː.ən/.

terpsichorean

/ˌtɝp.sɪ.kəˈɹiː.ən/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

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Alternative form of terpsichorean; of or relating to dancing.

"The pair danced away with great agility and contentment,—first a waltz, then a galop, then a waltz again, until, in the second waltz, they were bumped by another couple who had joined the Terpsichorean choir."
"This was such an entirely new view of the Terpsichorean art as socially practised, that Mrs Lammle looked at her young friend in some astonishment"
"They're quiet enough in the morning hours, They're quiet enough in the afternoon, Reserving their terpsichorean powers To dance by the light of the Jellicle Moon."
"Oh, heaven forbid: I am one who delights in all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse!"

From Terpsichore (“the Muse of dance in Greek mythology”).

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