Etymology

fouetté

Today it means: A ballet move in which either the body or the working leg is whipped around forcefully. Full definition →

French fouetté
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  1. French · borrowed fromfouetté
  2. French · borrowed fromfouetté
  3. English todayfouetté

Borrowed from French fouetté (“whipped”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.