galliard
1 of 2adjective
gal·liard ˈgal-yərd 
archaic
: gay, lively
galliard
2 of 2noun
: a sprightly dance with five steps to a phrase popular in the 16th and 17th centuries
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English gaylard, galyarde, gaillard "brave, strong, lively, gay," borrowed from Anglo-French gaillard "vigorous, lively" (continental Old French also, "courageous"), probably from a Gallo-Romance base *galy- (going back to Celtic *gal-, in Old Irish gal "ardor in battle, valor," Welsh gallu "to be able to, can" Breton gallout, going back to Indo-European *gelH- "gain power (over)," also in Lithuanian galė́ti "to be able to") + Old French -ard -ard
Noun
noun derivative of galliard entry 1 (probably after Italian gagliarda or Middle French gaillarde)
First Known Use
Adjective
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1533, in the meaning defined above
- informed on
- informed opinion
- informedly
- informer
- informers
- informidable
- informing
- informing (against)
- informing (on)
- informing against
- informing on
- informingly
- informs
- informs (against)
- informs (on)
- informs against
- informs on
- infortunate
- infortune
- infortunes
- infortunity
- infos
- infotainment
- infotainments
- infotech