divertimento
/dɪˌvɜːtɪˈmɛntəʊ/ · noun
Meaning
- composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from Italian, from divertire (“to amuse, to entertain”), from Latin dīvertere.
- dīvertere(la)→
- -(it)→
- divertimento (English)
- Relations: bor, der
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