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di·ver·tisse·ment (di vʉrt′is mənt; Fr dē ver tēs män′)

noun pl. divertissements -·ments

  1. a diversion; amusement
  2. a short ballet, etc. performed between the acts of a play or opera; entr'acte
  3. divertimento

Etymology: Fr.: see divert

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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Divertissment is a NOUN,
A short performance, typically a ballet, that is presented as an interlude in an opera or play
USE IN SENTENCE:
It was at first a very pleasing divertissement, to view the vivid and intense coloures produced.

Posted by Taiyebeh 90 days ago.

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