passamezzo
noun
pas·sa·mez·zo
variants or passemezzo
ˌpäsəˈmet(ˌ)sō,
-ed(ˌ)zō,
-e(ˌ)zō
plural -s
: an old originally Italian dance in duple time resembling the pavan but about twice as fast
also : the music of this dance
Word History
Etymology
Italian passamezzo, passo e mezzo, from the phrase passo e mezzo step and a half
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