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déboîté

[ French dey-bwa-tey ]

noun

, Ballet.
, plural dé·boî·tés [dey-bw, a, -, tey].
  1. a step in which the dancer stands on the toes with legs together and then springs up, swinging one foot out and around to the back of the other.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of déboîté1

< French: dislocated (noun use of past participle)

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