galliard

adjective

1. gay; brisk; active

noun

1. A lively dance, popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe

2. (music) The triple-time music for this dance

3. (dated) A brisk, merry person.

4. (uncountable, Continental printing, dated) An intermediate size of type alternatively equated with brevier (by Didot points) or bourgeois (by Fournier points and by size).