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Meaning of ridotto | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ɹɪˈdɒtəʊ

Definitions

  1. A public ball, typically a masquerade, popular in the 18th century.
    historical
  2. An arrangement or abridgment of a piece from the full score.

Equivalents

Italiano ridotto ridotto ridotto

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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Ridout Ridpath Rids Ridsdale ridstake Ridván

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