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