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danceable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English dance Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English danceable From dance + -able.

Meanings

1. (of music) Suitable for dancing.
2. Danceworthy.
   • “Assignment time! Hatchi machi! (gasps) I got conference room cleanup duty. In your face!” “Last time I checked, that was very lame.” (humming) “Why would you dance? That's not a danceable job.” 2020 August 27, Ann Kim, “Moist Vessel” (3:53 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome):

Forms

Deriveds

undanceable

Relateds

danceability

Translations (7)

fr dansable (suitable for dancing) · pt dançável (suitable for dancing) · pl taneczny (suitable for dancing) · it danzabile (suitable for dancing) · de tanzbar (suitable for dancing) · sv dansant (suitable for dancing) · nl dansbaar (suitable for dancing)

danceable en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English dance Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English danceable From dance + -able.

Meanings

1. A social event with dancing; a ball.
   • We children were introduced to these musical ensembles very early, and as we grew up, we merely tolerated them in part because their performances were usually sit-down events rather than danceables, and they weren't as hip as the American music. 2012, Carlos B. Gil, We Became Mexican American:
   • In the street the rattle of carriages could still be heard, women's voices calling farewells and invitations to future dinners and danceables. 2007, Barbara Hambly, Die Upon a Kiss:
   • The Netherwood was billed as "a city hotel in the country." For two decades after its 1878 opening, people arrived from New York by parlor car to spend their vacation on the Netherwood Heights. Croquet, danceables, masquerades, tennis, bowling, midnight suppers, and fancy dress balls were the order of the day for the vacationer. 2001, John A. Grady, Dorothe M. Pollard, Plainfield, page 62:
   • During the months that followed the bazaar, Rhett called whenever he was in town, taking Scarlett riding in his carriage, escorting her to danceables and bazaars and waiting outside the hospital to drive her home. 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC:
2. (informal) A song suitable for dancing to.
   • The Dynatones' approach is a three-way mix: familiar danceables from the likes of Junior Walker, Sam & Dave and the Rascals; scrupulously selected obscurities from such artists as Z.Z. Hill and Rodger Collins, which underscore the depth of their commitment to the genre; and smart, well crafted originals written by vocalist Chip "C.C" Miller and guitarist Larry Dunn. 1985, Billboard, volume 97, number 17:
   • A five-piece band playing modern Top 40 danceables, Hot Pursuit is after Tucsonans not content with toe tapping. 2015, Robert E. Zucker, Entertaining Tucson Across the Decades: Volume 2: 1986-1989:

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