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Etymologies

  1. Latin Terpsichorē, from Greek Terpsikhorē, from feminine of terpsikhoros, dance-loving : terpein, to delight + khoros, dance; see gher-1 in Indo-European roots.

Examples

  • “Greystone had told his story, all the while managing to entirely sidestep the subject of the Guardians, a feat of verbal terpsichore that Eric could only admire.”

    Spirits White As Lightning

  • “The bell and the psalm blended curiously with the song and the palm-clapping that announces negro terpsichore.”

    To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative

  • “How to peel a banana, how to hold a bowling ball, how to spell remuneration, how to pronounce terpsichore and - above all else - the existence of shift+space!”

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  • “If you don't find a fossilized one, terpsichore, would one of these suffice?”

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  • “To prove you're worth your salt as an international spy (thriller-movie division), all you have to do is: create a stink-bomb bazooka out of ordinary office fixtures; walk barefoot out of a locked-down CIA office where a platoon of feds has you cornered; use window-ledge terpsichore to escape from your high-rise apartment (with a backpack full of artillery, disguises and your spouse's poisonous spider); blast your manacled way out of a police car using a Taser; jump off a highway bridge onto the top of a speeding semi, then onto another truck in the next lane; wear disguises that involve changing your hair color and, at least once, your sex; and all the while, look”

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  • arcadia Oh man, advertising? Good call, CB. Jul 24, 2009

  • chained_bear Sorry, Girish, that's considered spam 'round these parts. Jul 24, 2009

  • milosrdenstvi Pronounced with four syllables (long final e) and hard ch. May 2, 2009

  • kafkaesque I am one who delights in all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse! Jan 13, 2007

  • john This would be Olivia Newton John in "Xanadu", or better yet, Rita Hayworth in "Down to Earth". Dec 19, 2006

‘terpsichore’ has been looked up 873 times, loved by 5 people, added to 23 lists, commented on 5 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.