n. & v.
--n.
1. a slow stately dance for two in triple time.
2 Mus. the music for this, or music in the same rhythm and style, often as a movement in a suite, sonata, or symphony.
--v.intr. (minueted, minueting) dance a minuet.
Etymology: F menuet, orig. adj. fine, delicate, dimin. of menu: see MENU