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quadrille
1[ kwo-dril, kwuh-, kuh- ]
noun
- a square dance for four couples, consisting of five parts or movements, each complete in itself.
- the music for such a dance.
quadrille
2[ kwo-dril, kwuh-, kuh- ]
noun
- a card game played by four persons.
quadrille
3[ kwo-dril, kwuh-, kuh- ]
adjective
- ruled in squares, as graph paper.
quadrille
1/ kwə-; kwɒˈdrɪl /
noun
- a square dance of five or more figures for four or more couples
- a piece of music for such a dance, alternating between simple duple and compound duple time
quadrille
2/ kwə-; kwɒˈdrɪl /
noun
- an old card game for four players
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quadrille1
First recorded in 1770–80; from French: “group of riders in a tournament; one of the four groups of dancers in a quadrille,” from Spanish cuadrilla “company, troop,” diminutive of cuadra “square, battle square,” from Latin quadra “side of a square; quadrant”
Origin of quadrille2
First recorded in 1720–30; an extended sense of quadrille 1( def )
Origin of quadrille3
First recorded in 1855–60; from French quadrillé, from quadrille, a kind of diamond-shaped stitch in needlework, from Spanish cuadrillo “a small square”; quadrille 1
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Word 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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