English Explanatory Dictionary

redondilla

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An early verse form in which the first and fourth and the second and third lines of the stanza generally rhymed.
  2. In later Spanish use, a verse of six and eight syllables in general, whether making perfect rhymes or assonances only.

Word forms

redondilla redondillas

Etymology

From Spanish redondilla. Doublet of rondelle.

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