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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) tarantella
a rapid, whirling dance of S Italy in 6/8 time.

2. tarantella
music in the rhythm of a tarantella.

Etymology: (1775–85; < It, =Tarant(o)Taranto+-ella -elle)

Definition of 'tarantella'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) tarantella
music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella

2. (noun) tarantella, tarantelle
a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons

Definition of 'tarantella'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) tarantella
a rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia

2. (noun) tarantella
music suited to such a dance

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