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Definition of minuet noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

minuet

noun

/ˌmɪnjuˈet/

/ˌmɪnjuˈet/

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a slow formal dance that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries; a piece of music for this danceTopics Musicc2
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French menuet, ‘fine, delicate’, diminutive (used as a noun) of menu ‘small’.

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