Meaning & use
minuet
A slow, formal dance in triple time, popular in European courts during the 17th and 18th centuries, or the music written for it.
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The orchestra opened the concert with a graceful minuet by Mozart.
Dancers in period costume performed a minuet at the historical reenactment.
A note on using this word
Minuet often appears as the third movement in classical symphonies and string quartets from the Classical era.
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