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tarantella


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tarantella  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tarantella 
  n  1:  music  composed  in  six-eight  time  for  dancing  the  tarantella 
  2:  a  lively  whirling  Italian  dance  for  two  persons  [syn:  {tarantelle}] 




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