Associations to the word «Galliard»

GALLIARD, noun. A lively dance, popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe

GALLIARD, noun. (music) The triple-time music for this dance

GALLIARD, noun. (dated) A brisk, merry person.

GALLIARD, noun. (uncountable) (Continental printing) (dated) An intermediate size of type alternatively equated with brevier (by Didot points) or bourgeois (by Fournier points and by size).

GALLIARD, adjective. Gay; brisk; active