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Divertissement   Listen
noun
Divertissement  n.  A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Divertissement" Quotes from Famous Books



... flew to her husband, and flung her arms round his neck. He was flirting behind the side-scenes with Mademoiselle Flicflac, who had been dancing in the divertissement; and was probably the only man in the theatre of those who witnessed the embrace that did not care for it. Even Slang was affected, and said with perfect sincerity that he wished he had been in Walker's place. The manager's fortune was made, at least for the season. He acknowledged so much to Walker, ...
— Men's Wives • William Makepeace Thackeray



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