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divertissement

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noun divertissements · divertisement · archaic

  1. uncountable, usually An entertaining diversion.
  2. uncountable, usually A short ballet within a larger work, usually providing a break from the main plot. Patricia Delgado, though taller and paler-skinned, strongly resembles Jeanette, and in Miami they often dance together (in the “Emeralds” pas de trois from “Jewels,” for example, or leading successive divertissements in Balanchine’s “Swan Lake”).

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@misc{divertissement_2026,
  title = {divertissement},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/divertissement},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}