Why this word is great
DIVERTIMENTO — [Noun] A light, multi-movement musical composition, often for a small ensemble, intended for entertainment and popular in the 18th century. From Italian divertimento ("amusement, entertainment"), from divertire ("to amuse, to divert"), from Latin dīvertere ("to turn aside, divert"). Unlike the architectonic sonata, which argues a point in sound, or the occasion-bound serenade, which implies moonlight and courtship, a divertimento is pure, structured caprice. It is the crystalline chatter of a harpsichord in a sunlit salon, the playful chase of strings across a manicured lawn, and the precise, clockwork gaiety of a minuet played for its own fleeting delight—the art of turning time aside as if it were a curtain before an open window.