Complete Definition of "coranto"

English
Etymology
From the French dance the courante, loosely translatable as the "running".
Noun

en-noun

  1. A fast-paced dance which originated in France.

#*1928, w:Virginia Woolf|Virginia Woolf, w:Orlando:_A_Biography|Orlando
#*: Orlando, it is true, was none of those who tread lightly the coranto and lavolta; he was clumsy; and a little absent-minded.

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