ballet

A pas de deux of a production of the ballet Don Quixote.

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • To perform an action reminiscent of ballet dancing.

Origin

  • Borrowed from French ballet, from Italian balletto ("short dance, ballet"), diminutive form of ballo, from Late Latin ballō ("to dance").

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