divertissementlike

English

Etymology

divertissement +‎ -like

Adjective

divertissementlike (comparative more divertissementlike, superlative most divertissementlike)

1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of a divertissement.
   • 1982, The New Yorker, volume 57:

     Her confident, full-bodied playing was well suited to the D-Major Sonata, with its quasi-orchestral textures and long, divertissementlike structure (both of which Mozart surely derived from the keyboard style of JC Bach).

   • 2007 November 5, Alastair Macaulay, “Turning 50 With Wit and Youthful Vigor to Spare (So Who Needs Gimmicks?)”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Both Caught and Ms. Tharps In the Upper Room (1986) are new to Pacific Northwest repertory, and whereas Kiss and Caught are slight and divertissementlike, In the Upper Room is an ensemble blockbuster.