Crossword-Solution: DIVERTISSEMENT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Divertissement | n. | A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play. |
We have 10 clues for the answer “DIVERTISSEMENT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| DANCE given between acts | 1 answer |
| Afterpiece | 7 answers |
| fun and games | 22 answers |
| Diversion | 46 answers |
| Entertainment | 57 answers |
| Performance | 58 answers |
| AMUSEMENT ___ | 72 answers |
| Piece | 74 answers |
| Entertainer | 83 answers |
| Dance | 115 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with DIVERTISSEMENT (5)
Thus, desolate of belief, you sought for the permanent element of life—precisely where Pascal recognised all that was most fleeting and unsubstantial—in _divertissement_; in the pleasure of looking on, a spectator of the accidents of existence, an observer of the follies of mankind.
For her there was no longer anticipation of joy, or present companionship, or any divertissement in the whole world.
Well, I was thinking a prologue would admirably suit your _divertissement_.” “Doubtless it would suit capitally.” “Ah! you are of my opinion?” “So much so, that I have asked you to write this very prologue.” “You asked _me_ to write it?” “Yes, you, and on your refusal begged you to ask Pelisson, who is engaged upon it at this moment.” “Ah! that is what Pelisson is doing, then? I’faith, my dear Moliere, you are indeed often right.” “When?” “When you call me absent-minded.
Thus, desolate of belief, you sought for the permanent element of life--precisely where Pascal recognised all that was most fleeting and unsubstantial--in _divertissement_; in the pleasure of looking on, a spectator of the accidents of existence, an observer of the follies of mankind.
And, since I am in the vein for criticising, let me ask why you call your "Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman"--"Caprice grotesque?" Apart from the fact that the grotesque style should not intrude into music, that title is unjust to the clever imitations and harmonies of the piece, very charming by the way, and which it would be more suitable to entitle "Divertissement" or "Variazione scherzose."-- As to the Methode, you won't expect me to make a deep study of that.
Quotes with DIVERTISSEMENT (1)
As the literary fairy tale spread in France to every age group and every social class, it began to serve different functions, depending on the writer's interests. It represented the glory and ideology of the French aristocracy. It provided a symbolic critique, with utopian connotations, of the aristocratic hierarchy, largely within the aristocracy itself and from the female viewpoint. It introduced the norms and values of the bourgeois civilizing process as more reasonable an…