divertisement

English

Etymology

French divertissement, from divertir (“to divert, to amuse”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɪˈvɜː(ɹ)tɪzmənt/

Noun

divertisement (countable and uncountable, plural divertisements)

  1. (archaic) diversion; amusement; recreation

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for divertisement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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