rondel

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A poem in the above rondeau form
The verse form rondeau
A rondelle, (small) circular object
A poem in the above form
A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two
A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion
Same as Rondeau
Specifically, a particular form of rondeau containing fourteen lines in two rhymes, the refrain being a repetition of the first and second lines as the seventh and eighth, and again as the thirteenth and fourteenth
rondel

    Hyphenation

    ron·del

    Synonyms

    roundel

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'rän-d&l, ] (noun.) 14th century. From Middle English, from Old French, a diminutive of roonde, the feminine of roont "circular", probably originally *redond, from Vulgar Latin *retundus, from Latin rotundus "like a wheel, circular, round", related to rota "wheel"
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