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gail⋅lard

[gal-yerd]
–noun
galliard.

gal⋅liard

[gal-yerd]
–noun
a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Also, gaillard.


Origin:
1525–35; < MF gaillard, n. use of adj.: lively, vigorous (> ME gaillard, late ME galyarde), prob. < Gallo-Rom *galia < Celtic (cf. MIr gal warlike ardor, valor); see -ard
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