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rondel

Syllabification: (ron·del)
Definition of rondel

noun

  • 1a rondeau, especially one of three stanzas of thirteen or fourteen lines, with the first two lines of the opening quatrain recurring at the end of the second quatrain and the concluding sestet.
  • 2a circular object:at the point where these paths join there is a rondel with a fountain

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French, from rond 'round'; compare with roundel

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