ridotto
English
Noun
ridotto (plural ridottos or ridottoes or ridotti)
- (historical) A public ball, typically a masquerade, popular in the 18th century.
- May 26, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann
- There are to be ridottos at guinea tickets.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Another London Life”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 172:
- Night came, with that increase of gaiety which has always been night's peculiar privilege—perhaps on the principle of contrast. Monday, it was the ridotto; Tuesday, the opera; Wednesday, Ranelagh; Thursday, the play; Friday, a ball; Saturday, a rout, or else a little of all these blended together.
- May 26, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann
- (music) An arrangement or abridgment of a piece from the full score.
- Synonym: reduction
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /riˈdot.to/
- Rhymes: -otto
- Hyphenation: ri‧dót‧to
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Adjective
ridotto (feminine ridotta, masculine plural ridotti, feminine plural ridotte, superlative ridottissimo)
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