Meaning of tarantella | Babel Free

Definitions

A rapid dance in 6/8 time, originating in Italy, or a piece of music for such a dance.

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Examples

“The set⟳ in which they found themselves was composed of English, and Amy was compelled to walk⟳ decorously through a cotillion, feeling all the while as if she could dance⟳ the tarantella with relish.”

“"A tarantella, I presume?" blandly suggested the doctor. Miss⟳ Mannersley stopped, and rose carelessly from the piano. "It is a Moorish gypsy song of the fifteenth century," she said dryly.”

“We learn⟳ to understand⟳ why our addled minds seize so little with precision, why they are caught up and tossed about in a kind of tarantella by headlines and catch-words, why so often they cannot tell⟳ things apart or discern identity in apparent differences.”

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