Sekirov Dictionary

galliard

noun4

  1. A lively dance, popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe.
  2. The triple-time music for this dance.
  3. (old-fashioned) A brisk, merry person.
  4. (old-fashioned) An intermediate size of type alternatively equated with brevier (by Didot points) or bourgeois (by Fournier points and by size).

adjective1

  1. (old-fashioned) Gay; brisk; active.
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