PASSAMEZZO

Etymology

Noun

passamezzo (plural passamezzos or passamezzi)

An Italian folk dance of the 16th and early 17th centuries.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

13 April 2025

TIME

(noun) an instance or single occasion for some event; “this time he succeeded”; “he called four times”; “he could do ten at a clip”


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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