ridotto
/rɪˈdoʊtoʊ/
noun
- A public entertainment or social gathering, especially one with music, dancing, and often gambling, popular in the 18th century.
- She wore her finest gown to the ridotto, hoping to dance all night.
- Historians describe the ridotto as a lively mix of music, cards, and conversation.
- The grand ridotto at the opera house attracted nobles and merchants alike.
- A modern party or festival that evokes the style or atmosphere of an 18th-century masquerade or ball.
- The charity gala was designed as a ridotto, complete with candlelit chandeliers.
- The museum hosted a ridotto where guests dressed in period costumes.
- For Halloween, they threw a ridotto with Baroque music and Venetian masks.
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