Ridotto

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  • n. A public ball, typically a masquerade, popular in the 18th century.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A favorite Italian public entertainment, consisting of music and dancing, -- held generally on fast eves.
  • n. An arrangement or abridgment of a piece from the full score.
  • verb-intransitive. To hold ridottos.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A house or hall of public entertainment.
  • n. A company of persons met together for amusement; a social assembly.
  • n. A public entertainment devoted to music and dancing; a dancing-party, often in masquerade.
  • n. In music, an arrangement or reduction of a piece from the full score.
  • To frequent or hold ridottos.
    • Word Usage
    "There was what they called a ridotto el fresco at Vauxhall, (1066) for which one paid half-a-guinea, though, except some thousand more lamps and a covered passage all round the garden, which took off from the gardenhood, there was nothing better than on a common night."
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