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quadrille

1

[ kwo-dril, kwuh-, kuh- ]

noun

  1. a square dance for four couples, consisting of five parts or movements, each complete in itself.
  2. the music for such a dance.


quadrille

2

[ kwo-dril, kwuh-, kuh- ]

noun

  1. a card game played by four persons.

quadrille

3

[ kwo-dril, kwuh-, kuh- ]

adjective

  1. ruled in squares, as graph paper.

quadrille

1

/ kw蓹-; kw蓲藞dr瑟l /

noun

  1. a square dance of five or more figures for four or more couples
  2. a piece of music for such a dance, alternating between simple duple and compound duple time
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

quadrille

2

/ kw蓹-; kw蓲藞dr瑟l /

noun

  1. an old card game for four players
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of quadrille1

First recorded in 1770鈥80; from French: 鈥済roup of riders in a tournament; one of the four groups of dancers in a quadrille,鈥 from Spanish cuadrilla 鈥渃ompany, troop,鈥 diminutive of cuadra 鈥渟quare, battle square,鈥 from Latin quadra 鈥渟ide of a square; quadrant鈥

Origin of quadrille2

First recorded in 1720鈥30; an extended sense of quadrille 1( def )

Origin of quadrille3

First recorded in 1855鈥60; from French 辩耻补诲谤颈濒濒茅, from quadrille, a kind of diamond-shaped stitch in needlework, from Spanish cuadrillo 鈥渁 small square鈥; quadrille 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of quadrille1

C18: via French from Spanish cuadrilla, diminutive of cuadro square, from Latin quadra

Origin of quadrille2

C18: from French, from Spanish cuartillo, from cuarto fourth, from Latin quartus, influenced by quadrille 1
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The mazurka - derived from a Polish musical form - and contradan莽a from the British quadrille dance.

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It seemed the entire chorus of The Nutcracker would hum a selection of Viennese waltzes and quadrilles and gallops.

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Many sections resemble contredanse or quadrille: ballroom arrangements of circles, lines, stars; dancers holding hands as they pass.

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On the dance floor, guests ingest opium with lolling tongues, then variously pop their booties and walk a quadrille.

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The room features holographic-type images of eight dancers in period dress performing a dance called a quadrille to the sounds of La Traviata.

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