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‖ fête galante [Fr.; f. fête (see fête n.) + galante, fem. of galant gay, elegant.] A fête-champêtre, esp. of the type depicted by Watteau.
[1869P. Verlaine (title) Fêtes galantes.] 1912W. Deeping Sincerity xxxvi. 268 Those stretches of grass..dreamed of for fêtes galantes. 1925Oxf. Poetry 7 The Watteau fêtes galantes. 1955Times 16 July 8/4 The older masters in this collection included a pair of charming fête galante subjects, The Swing and The Dance, by Jean-Baptiste Pater. |