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ballett

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[ba-let] / bæˈlɛt /

noun

  1. an early 17th-century dancelike vocal composition similar to the madrigal in style.

Etymology

Origin of ballett

1585–95; perhaps variant of obsolete ballette ( ballet, -ette )

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Rd. of John Sampson, for his lycense for pryntinge of a ballett called the description of vakaboundes ... iiijd.

From The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' by Awdeley, John

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