Meaning & use

Terpsichorean

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Relating to dancing.

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The gala included a lavish terpsichorean performance choreographed by the company's star dancer.

Critics praised the film's terpsichorean sequences as some of the most inventive dance scenes in years.

A note on using this word

The word derives from Terpsichore, one of the nine Muses in Greek mythology, who presided over dance and chorus.

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dance-related

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