Meaning & use
divertissement
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A short, light entertainment or diversion, especially a ballet or musical interlude inserted into a larger theatrical work.
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The second act paused for a lively divertissement of folk dances.
She read a light novel purely as a divertissement from her thesis work.
A note on using this word
Borrowed directly from French, where it literally means "diversion" or "amusement"; it's especially common in ballet terminology.
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