czardas

or csar·das

[ chahr-dahsh ]

noun
  1. a Hungarian national dance in two movements, one slow and the other fast.

Origin of czardas

1
First recorded in 1855–60; from Hungarian csárdás, equivalent to csárda “wayside tavern” (from Serbo-Croatian čȁrdāk originally, “watchtower,” from Turkish çardak “bower, booth, pergola,” from Persian chārtāk “four-cornered room”; čār “four” + tāk “vault”) + -s adjective suffix; earlier csárdák was analyzed as csárda + -k plural suffix

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How to use czardas in a sentence

  • The motif occurred in the middle of the overture, directly after the czardas.

    The Salamander | Owen Johnson
  • A vicious swirl of colour and dizzy, dislocated rhythms prefaced the incantations of the czardas.

    Visionaries | James Huneker
  • To follow: poulet saut l'Hongroise, the clash of the czardas captured and imprisoned in a stew-pan.

    The Feasts of Autolycus | Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • To die eating salad on the banks of the Danube to the wail of the czardas—that would be the true death!

    The Feasts of Autolycus | Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • Had the strings of the bows played these czardas upon his own sinews, laid bare, he would not have trembled more violently.

    Prince Zilah, Complete | Jules Claretie

British Dictionary definitions for czardas

czardas

/ (ˈtʃɑːdæʃ) /


noun
  1. a Hungarian national dance of alternating slow and fast sections

  2. a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance

Origin of czardas

1
from Hungarian csárdás

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