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MINUET
minuet
(noun) a stately court dance in the 17th century
minuet
(noun) a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
minuet (plural minuets)
A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance.
(music) A tune or air to regulate the movements of the minuet dance: it has the dance form, and is commonly in 3/4, sometimes 3/8, measure.
(music) A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name.
(music) A movement which is part of a longer musical composition such as a suite, sonata, or symphony which is inspired by and conforming to formal characteristics of the dance of same name.
Verb
minuet (third-person singular simple present minuets, present participle minueting, simple past and past participle minueted)
To dance a minuet.
Anagrams
• minute, munite, mutein, mutine, untime
Source: Wiktionary
Min"u*et, n. Etym: [F., fr. menu small, L. minutus small. So called on account of the short steps of the dance. See 4th Minute.]
1. A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupee, a high step, and a balance.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: A tune or air to regulate the movements of the dance so called; a movement in suites, sonatas, symphonies, etc., having the dance form, and commonly in 3-4, sometimes 3-8, measure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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