paspy
English
Etymology
French passe-pied.
Noun
paspy (plural paspies)
- A kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and for some time after.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Percy Smith to this entry?)
Synonyms
- passing measure
- passymeasure
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for paspy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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