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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
minuet/mɪnjuˈet/

▶noun a stately ballroom dance in triple time, popular in the 18th century.

■ a piece of music in triple time in the style of a minuet, typically as a movement in a suite, sonata, or symphony.

▶verb (minuets, minueting, minueted) dance a minuet.

– origin C17: from Fr. menuet, ‘fine, delicate’, dimin. (used as n.) of menu ‘small’.

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