galliard English

Meaning galliard meaning

What does galliard mean?

galliard noun

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

— (music) The triple-time music for this dance.

— (dated) A brisk, merry person.

— (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

— (dated) Gay; brisk; active.