Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
divertimento : in this sense usually in the French form divertissement. - noun Diversion; amusement; recreation.
- noun A short ballet or other entertainment given between acts or longer pieces.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Diversion; amusement; recreation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic
diversion ;amusement ;recreation
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Examples
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Dod, I'm thinking it would be a kind of divertisement to gang and see what he'll be after!
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Dod, I'm thinking it would be a kind of divertisement to gang and see what he'll be after!
Catriona Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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“You mistake the matter entirely, my dear Mrs. Blower,” said the Doctor; “there is nothing serious intended — a mere placebo — just a divertisement to cheer the spirits, and assist the effect of the waters — cheerfulness is a great promoter of health.”
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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We will then take the water for our divertisement, and you, my lords, will attend us. —
Kenilworth 2004
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In spite, however, of the great temptation of overlooking a favourite divertisement, with variations so truly original, home we went, hardly pausing to observe the housing of Master Keep's wheat harvest.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 399, Supplementary Number Various
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He began also the Translation of _Heliodorus_ his _Æthiopick_ History, in the same kind of Verse, of which, to give the Reader the better divertisement, we shall present you with a tast.
The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) William Winstanley
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When there is no recreation or business for thee abroad, thou may'st have a company of honest old fellows in their leathern jackets in thy study which will find thee excellent divertisement at home.
The Guide to Reading — the Pocket University Volume XXIII Various
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One of the worst products of French colonial life was the class known as the "coureurs de bois," a lawless gang, half trader, half explorer, bent on divertisement, and not discouraged by misery or peril.
The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country Henry Mann
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The divertisement ended with a dance of Bacchus and Bacchantes.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Various
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Bacchus of the divertisement is not kept entirely in the background.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Various
andydarby commented on the word divertisement
Nope not new at all. hmmm.
April 1, 2008