| Pronunciation: | | `tarun'telu
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- [n] a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons
- [n] music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella
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TARANTELLA is a 10 letter word that starts with T. |
| | Synonyms: | | tarantelle |
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| | See Also: | | ballroom music, dance music, danceroom music, social dancing |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Tar`an*tel"la\, n. [It.] (Mus.)
(a) A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8
time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from
a popular notion of its being a remedy against the
poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name
from Taranto in Apulia.
(b) Music suited to such a dance.
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