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fouetté definition

fouetté (fwe tā′)

noun

Ballet a whipping movement of one leg made while turning on the other leg

Etymology: Fr, pp. of fouetter, to whip < fouet, a whip < MFr, dim. of OFr fou, beech < L fagus, beech

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