ridotto

noun /ɹɪˈdɒtəʊ/

1. A public ball, typically a masquerade, popular in the 18th century.

   historical

   There are to be ridottos at guinea tickets.

   May 26, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann

2. An arrangement or abridgment of a piece from the full score.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian ridotto (“foyer”). Doublet of redoubt.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry ridotto (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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