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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MIC-MOL |
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MINUET (adapted, under the influence of the Italian minuetto, from Fr. menuet, small, pretty, delicate, a diminutive of menu, from Lat. minutus; the word refers probably to the short steps, pas menus, taken in the dance) , a dance for two persons, in f time. At the period when it was most fashionable it was slow, ceremonious, and graceful (see DANCE). The name is also given to a musical composition written in the same time and rhythm , but when not accompanying an actual dance the pace
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