Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To dance.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To dance.
Examples
“I may stroke my natiform chin sceptically at Shea's cachinnations, but if such things truly make him tripudiate”
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jaime_d From Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution Mar 6, 2011
avivamagnolia The word is from Latin tripudium, stamping on the ground, which is perhaps from words meaning "three" and "foot," indicating a measured dance of some sort, particularly during a religious ritual.
In Love’s Meinie by John Ruskin: “And observe also, that of the three types of lout, whose combined chorus and tripudiation leads the present British Constitution its devil’s dance, this last and smoothest type is also the dullest.�? Jan 17, 2009
reesetee 1. To dance, skip, or leap for joy, or with excitement; to exult. 2. To trample, stamp, or jump (on or upon) in contempt or triumph.
OED says this word is "Now rare and affected." Silly OED. Oct 13, 2008