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ri·dotto (ri dät′ō)

noun pl. ridottos -·tos

a social gathering, often in masquerade, with music and dancing, popular in 18th-cent. England

Etymology: It, festival, redoubt

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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