Cotillion (noun)
kot-il-ee-on
An elaborate 18th-century French dance based on the contredanse.
Early 18th century from French cotillon, literally ‘petticoat dance’, diminutive of cotte, from Old French cote.
Example sentences
“She brushed off his request to dance the second cotillion with him”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
