coranto

English

Alternative forms

• corant

Etymology

From the French dance the courante, loosely translatable as the "running".

Noun

coranto (plural corantos or corantoes)

1. A fast-paced dance which originated in France.
   • Macaulay

     Dancing a coranto with him upon the heath.

   • 1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando

     Orlando, it is true, was none of those who tread lightly the coranto and lavolta; he was clumsy; and a little absent-minded.

2. (historical) An early informational broadsheet, bringing together news and philosophical discussion.

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