rigadoon

noun

rig·​a·​doon ˌri-gə-ˈdün 

variants or rigaudon

rē-gȯ-ˈdōⁿ 

: a lively dance of the 17th and 18th centuries

also : the music for a rigadoon

Examples of rigadoon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And yet, in a rigadoon like the one the U.S. and Iran have engaged in the past 40 years, chucking out the script is perhaps the only sane response right now. —Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 25 June 2019

Word History

Etymology

French rigaudon

First Known Use

1691, in the meaning defined above