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di⋅ver⋅ti⋅men⋅to

  [di-vur-tuh-men-toh; It. dee-ver-tee-men-taw]
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–noun, plural -tos, -ti  [-tee] . Music.
an instrumental composition in several movements, light and diverting in character, similar to a serenade.
Also called divertissement.

Origin:
1750–60; < It, equiv. to diverti(re) to divert + -mento -ment
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di·ver·ti·men·to   (dĭ-věr'tə-měn'tō)   
n.   pl. di·ver·ti·men·tos or di·ver·ti·men·ti (-tē)
A chiefly 18th-century form of instrumental chamber music having several short movements. Also called divertissement.

[Italian, from divertire, to divert, from Old French divertir; see divert.]
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