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   Di·ver·tisse·ment

   /dəˈvərdəsmənt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a minor entertainment or diversion: "as a Sunday divertissement Wittgenstein would play Schubert quartets"
   • ▪ a short dance within a ballet that displays a dancer's technical skill without advancing the plot or character development.

   Word Origin early 18th century (specifically denoting a short ballet): French, from divertiss-, stem of divertir, from Latin divertere ‘turn in separate ways’.

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