tripudiate

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I may stroke my natiform chin sceptically at Shea's cachinnations, but if such things truly make him tripudiate

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  1. from Latin tripudiatus, past participle of tripudiare, Old Latin tripodare, leap, dance, from tripudium, a measured stamping, a solemn religious dance; formation doubtful to the Romans themselves; prob. from tres (tri-), three, + pod- (=Greek ποδ -), a form of the root of pes (ped-), foot. According to Cicero, contracted from terripudium for *terripavium, striking the earth, from terra, earth, + pavire, strike: see pave.
 

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