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developpé

[ dih-vel-uh-pey; French devuh-law-pey ]

noun

, plural de·vel·op·pés [dih-vel-, uh, -, peyz, dev, uh, -law-, pey].
  1. a movement in ballet in which the free leg is drawn up beside the working leg and then extended into the air.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of developpé1

1910–15; < French, past participle of développer to develop

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