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”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
