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Definition of Terpsichorean
1. Noun. A performer who dances professionally.
Specialized synonyms: Ballet Dancer, Ballet Master, Ballet Mistress, Belly Dancer, Exotic Belly Dancer, Exotic Dancer, Chorine, Chorus Girl, Showgirl, Dance Master, Dancing-master, Hoofer, Stepper, Kachina, Nautch Girl, Tap Dancer, Tapper, Taxi Dancer
Generic synonyms: Performer, Performing Artist
Specialized synonyms: Alicia Alonso, Alonso, Astaire, Fred Astaire, Balanchine, George Balanchine, Baryshnikov, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Cunningham, Merce Cunningham, Agnes De Mille, Agnes George De Mille, De Mille, Duncan, Isadora Duncan, Dame Margot Fonteyn, Fonteyn, Graham, Martha Graham, Jamison, Judith Jamison, Karsavina, Tamara Karsavina, Eugene Curran Kelly, Gene Kelly, Kelly, Dame Alicia Markova, Lilian Alicia Marks, Markova, Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin, Leonide Fedorovitch Massine, Massine, Arthur Mitchell, Mitchell, Lola Montez, Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Montez, Nijinsky, Vaslav Nijinsky, Waslaw Nijinsky, Nureyev, Rudolf Nureyev, Anna Pavlova, Pavlova, Ginger Rogers, Rogers, Virginia Katherine Mcmath, Virginia Mcmath, Salome, Shawn, Ted Shawn, Moira Shearer, Shearer, Ruth Saint Denis, Ruth St. Denis, Saint Denis, St. Denis, Maria Tallchief, Tallchief, Tharp, Twyla Tharp, Antony Tudor, Tudor, Galina Sergeevna Ulanova, Galina Ulanova, Ulanova, Gaetan Vestris, Vestris
Derivative terms: Dance, Dance
2. Adjective. Of or relating to dancing. "Her terpsichorean activities"
Definition of Terpsichorean
1. a. Of or pertaining to Terpsichore; of or pertaining to dancing.
Definition of Terpsichorean
1. Adjective. (dance) (alternative form of terpsichorean); of or relating to dancing. ¹
2. Adjective. (dance) Of or relating to dancing. ¹
3. Noun. A person who dances, especially professionally. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Terpsichorean
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terpsichorean
Literary usage of Terpsichorean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Down South, Or, An Englishman's Experience at the Seat of the American War by Samuel Phillips Day (1862)
"A Metamorphosed Sailor —terpsichorean Amusements—A Negro Girl—Visit to Major
Walton —Arrival at Headquarters—The Captured Mail Bag—The Sublime and ..."
2. Wanderings Among the Falashas in Abyssinia: Together with a Description of by Henry Aaron Stern (1862)
"Close of the Rainy Season—Festivities—terpsichorean Exercise —Universal
Lustration—Favourable Auguries—The Plague —Bridge over the ..."
3. The French Court and Society: Reign of Louis XVI and First Empire by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1881)
"... terpsichorean divinities — Delicate hints — " Royally bad " — The fire of
love — Les adieux — A brother's counsels — It is time — ah ! more than time ..."
4. The French court and society, reign of Louis xvi and First empire by Catherine Hannah Charlotte Jackson (1881)
"... terpsichorean divinities—Delicate hints—" Royally bad " —The fire of love—Les
adieux—A brother's counsels— It is time—ah ! more than time—Poor Marie ..."
5. Names: And Their Meaning, a Book for the Curious by Leopold Wagner (1891)
"DANCING is styled the terpsichorean Art in honour of Terpsichore, the daughter
of Jupiter and ... terpsichorean ..."
6. National Floodmarks: Week by Week Observations on American Life as Seen by by Mark Sullivan (1915)
"... terpsichorean "|/i VERY dance has its day, passes, and is for- Hj gotten. ...
terpsichorean."
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