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Etymologies
- 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.”
“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!”
“If you don't find a fossilized one, terpsichore, would one of these suffice?”
“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”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘terpsichore’.
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Redundancing
The Moves. Do~do~ditty!
tango, bolero, cha cha, foxtrot, foxtantino, hip hop, hustle, jive, merengue, two step, paso doble, quickstep and 219 more...
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Dead (or dying) English Words
Inspired by the an old New York Times article and the Dictionary of Dying Danish Words list here on Wordie.
chorine, terpsichore, motorcar, motoring, centigrade, maven, tautology, pleonasm, contrariwise, spatchcock, mascaron, miasma and 29 more...

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