villanella

villanella Definition

vil·la·nella (vil′ə nel′ə)

noun pl. -·le-ē

an old rustic Italian song and accompanying dance
a Neapolitan 16th-cent. part song, lighter and more lively than the madrigal, which it often parodied

Etymology: It, fem. dim. of villano < VL villanus: see villain

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