tripudiary

English

Etymology

Latin tripudium (“a measured stamping, a leaping, a solemn religious dance”).

Adjective

tripudiary (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Of or relating to dancing.
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica‎^[1], London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, published 1650, Book I, Chapter 4, p. 12:

     On this foundation were built the conclusions of Southsayers in their Auguriall, and Tripudiary divinations […]

   • 1895 October 17, Irving C. Rosen, “The Conservative Value of the Play-Impulse”, in Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 133, number 16, page 387:

     Biblical and literary references to tripudiary acts are almost too common to require mention.

References

• “tripudiary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.