The Collaborative International Dictionary
Divertisement \Di*vert"ise*ment\, n. [Cf. the next word.] Diversion; amusement; recreation. [R.] [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. (context archaic English) diversion; amusement; recreation
Usage examples of "divertisement".
Rather, he was a temporary divertisement, a charming, quick, and complete roll in the hay for the bored.
In addition, I have made the following changes to the text: PAGE LINE ORIGINAL CHANGED TO 38 19 seem to seemed to 47 9 beafsteak beefsteak 56 4 divertisement divertissement 91 19 divertisement divertissement 155 17 scarfs.
It delights those who recollect Bradley when they read his canonization as a philanthropist whose hobby was giving the rich a little divertisement denied them by the state of Florida.
CHAPTER VI THE OATH OF GERONIMO AROUSED by the shouts, the shots and the scent of the savages, the mules had, during the battle, staged a divertisement of their own.
We have many divertisements more diverting than Marta's poetry, I assure you.
Ben-Hur took the paper, which, signed by the prefect of the province as editor, performed the office of a modern programme, giving particularly the several divertisements provided for the occasion.