ridotto

Borrowed from Italian ridotto (“foyer”).

ridotto (plural ridottos or ridottoes)

1. (historical) A public ball, typically a masquerade, popular in the 18th century.
   • Walpole

     There are to be ridottos at guinea tickets.

2. (music) An arrangement or abridgment of a piece from the full score.

From Latin reductus.

• Rhymes: -otto

ridotto (feminine singular ridotta, masculine plural ridotti, feminine plural ridotte)

1. small, reduced, cut, short
2. adapted, abridged

• (small): piccolo, economico, basso

ridotto m (plural ridotti)

1. (of a theatre) foyer
2. fortress

• ridurre
• ridotta

ridotto m

1. past participle of ridurre

• dirotto, dirottò, dottori