ridotto
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Is ridotto a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (historical) A public ball, typically a masquerade, popular in the 18th century.Examples: "May 26, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann There are to be ridottos at guinea tickets."; "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."historical
2. (music) An arrangement or abridgment of a piece from the full score.Synonyms: reduction
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