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rondeau definition

ron·deau (rän′dō)

noun pl. rondeaux -·deaux (-dōz)

  1. a short, lyrical poem of usually fifteen lines (three stanzas), with only two rhymes and with an unrhymed refrain at the end of the second and third stanzas
    1. rondo
    2. a medieval French monophonic or polyphonic song with many repetitions of two themes or phrases

Etymology: Fr, earlier rondel < rond, round

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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