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Topic: MUSIC

Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: menuet, from Old French menu 'small'; MINUTE2

minuet

 noun
     
min‧u‧et [countable]
APDAPM a slow dance of the 17th and 18th centuries, or a piece of music for this dance
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