Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Diversion; amusement; recreation.
  • noun A short ballet or other entertainment given between acts or longer pieces.
  • noun Same as divertimento: in this sense usually in the French form divertissement.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare Diversion; amusement; recreation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun archaic diversion; amusement; recreation

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  • Nope not new at all. hmmm.

    April 1, 2008