ballum rancum
/ˈbaləm ˌraŋkəm/(also ballum rankum) Now historical
noun
An erotic dance performed (typically naked) by a number of prostitutes with or for a group of (prospective) clients.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in John Dryden (1631–1700), poet, playwright, and critic. Probably from ball + -um + rank + -um, after Latin nouns with this ending.
- reculade
- reculer pour mieux sauter
- recultivate
- recultivation
- recumb
- recumbency
- recumbent
- recumbently
- recuperability
- recuperable
- recuperance
- recuperate
- recuperation
- recuperative
- recuperator
- recuperatorial
- recuperatory
- recur
- recurrable
- recurrence
- recurrence formula
- recurrence rate
- recurrence relation
- recurrence surface
- recurrence time