Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bedance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-dance
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To dance around; dance about; dance for; dance in celebration of.

Example Sentences

"[…] and we are not sure that they have not of late years found their way even to France, that soil of all soils the most bedanced by merry lads and lasses."
"Such salutations greet Yayati, especially favored by ViSvaci ..., when he returns to heaven under a shower of flowers, sung and bedanced by groups of Gandharvas and Apsarasas, […]"
"The images of the Canon of Changes being installed and their gnomons appended, the sages would "bedance them and bedrum them.""

Etymology

From be- (“around, over, about”) + dance.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Inflected Forms

bedances (present, singular) bedancing (participle, present) bedanced (participle, past) bedanced (past)

Questions

What does bedance mean?: To dance around; dance about; dance for; dance in celebration of.
Where does bedance come from?: From be- (“around, over, about”) + dance.

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