galliard

== English == === Alternative forms === gaillard === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Noun === galliard (countable and uncountable, plural galliards) A lively dance, popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe. (music) The triple-time music for this dance. (dated) A brisk, merry person. (uncountable, Continental printing, dated) An intermediate size of type alternatively equated with brevier (by Didot points) or bourgeois (by Fournier points and by size). ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === galliard (comparative more galliard, superlative most galliard) (dated) Gay; brisk; active. ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === (dance): tordion