Definition of "ariette" []

• A short aria, or air. (noun)

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• "So saying, with practical philosophy he whistled the burden of his last composed ariette, and signed away the rest of his royal possessions without pulling off his glove, or even reading the instrument."
• "That was part of an ariette which M. de la Fayette's music played the day the K (ing) went to the Hotel de Ville, as I have been informed by a pamphlet, wrote to abuse Mr. Neckar, and which is incomparably well wrote."
• "In the middle of this din, the Baron repeatedly implored silence; and when at length the instinct of polite discipline so far prevailed, that for a moment he obtained it, he hastened to beseech their attention ` ` unto a military ariette, which was a particular favourite of the Marechal Duc de"