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A minuet, is a social dance of French origin for two persons, usually in 3/4 time. The word was adapted, from Italian minuetto, and French menuet, meaning small, pretty, delicate, a diminutive of menu, from the Latin minutus; menuetto is a word that occurs only on musical scores. The word refers probably to the short steps, pas menus, taken in the dance. At the period when it was most fashionable it was slow, ceremonious, and graceful.

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