## Meanings
1. To walk or move around proudly, trying to be noticed.
2. (of a horse) To move with high, lively steps.
3. A proud, showy way of moving.

## Examples
- He pranced around the room in his new suit.
- The horse pranced across the field.
- There was a little prance of triumph in his step.

## Derived Forms
- pranceful
- prancer
- prancesome
- prancy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: prancen
- Root: pranken

## Etymology
From Middle English prancen, prauncen (“to prance”, literally “to show off”), variant of Middle English pranken (“to prank”), thus probably from the same ultimate root as prank. Cognate with Bavarian prangezen, prangssen (“to put on airs”), Alemannic German pranzen (“to strut”).

## AI Etymology
Prance comes from Middle English prancen, prauncen (“to prance”, literally “to show off”), variant of Middle English pranken (“to prank”), thus probably from the same ultimate root as prank. Cognate with Bavarian prangezen, prangssen (“to put on airs”), Alemannic German pranzen (“to strut”). In present-day English it covers to walk or move around proudly, trying to be noticed, (of a horse) To move with high, lively steps, and a proud, showy way of moving. The wider family includes derived forms such as pranceful, prancer, prancesome, prancy.

## Topics
- Verbs of Movement

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