ridotto

American  

[ri-dot-oh] / rɪˈdɒt oʊ /

noun

ridottos plural

1. a public ball or dance with music and often in masquerade, popular in the 18th century.

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ridotto British  

/ rɪˈdɒtəʊ /

noun

1. an entertainment with music and dancing, often in masquerade: popular in 18th-century England

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• ridottos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of ridotto

1715–25; < Italian: retreat, resort; see redoubt

Example Sentences

To-night, as on the last night in the year, there is generally a ridotto, which means a masked ball.

From The Journal of Countess Fran?oise Krasinska Great Grandmother of Victor Emmanuel by Kasimir Dziekonska (translator)

Pray, madam, was you at the last ridotto?

From The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 by Saintsbury, George

Ridotto! the devil! a country mayoress at a ridotto!

From The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 by Saintsbury, George

Venice is in the estro of her carnival, and I have been up these last two nights at the ridotto and the opera, and all that kind of thing.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

He was awaiting Rotherby, with whom—as he told the company—he was for a frolic at Drury Lane, where a ridotto was following the play.

From The Lion's Skin by Sabatini, Rafael