Meaning of cinque-pace | Babel Free
Examples
“For, hear⟳ me, Hero: wooing, wedding, and repenting is as a Scotch jig, a measure⟳, and a cinque-pace: the first suit⟳ is hot and hasty, like⟳ a Scotch jig, and full as fantastical; the wedding, mannerly-modest, as a measure⟳, full of state and ancientry; and then comes Repentance, and with his bad legs, falls into the cinque-pace faster and faster, till he sink⟳ into his grave.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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