terpsichorean

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She contributes more than her share to feed the world, and is, strange to say, as celebrated for the terpsichorean art as for her pork.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to dancing.
  2. noun A dancer.

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  • It's a phenomenon the geeks are already calling "Dancing with the Woz" and is potentially the greatest terpsichorean trainwreck in television history. —  Gawker
  • A terpsichorean history of the human race you say? —  WalesOnline - Home
  • After dessert (black walnut dacquoise with sections of quince) we retired to the Blue Room where chief of staff Rahm Emanuel entertained us with some droll tales of his days as terpsichorean with the Mossad ballet auxiliary, even treating us to a few thrilling, if f-bomb laced, arabesques. —  Transterrestrial Musings
  • This photo of him leaping in terpsichorean ecstasy was taken just a few days ago, and sent as a gift. —  iowahawk
  • It is the custom at some of their gatherings, after the hunting season is over, for the men to indulge in a kind of terpsichorean performance, at the same time relating in Homeric style the heroic deeds they have done. —  The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants
 

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