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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A metric verse (form), modeled after the rondeau, in two rhymes over seven lines, the first (in four syllables) being repeated as third and refrain (final one), each other line having eight syllables
2. 2
   a shorter form of rondeau wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

canonrondeauround

Etymology

Middle French rondelet

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