pantoum
[ pan-toom ]
noun
a Malay verse form consisting of an indefinite number of quatrains with the second and fourth lines of each quatrain repeated as the first and third lines of the following one.
Origin of pantoum
11880–85; <French, erroneous spelling for pantoun<Malay pantun
- Also pantun.
Words Nearby pantoum
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How to use pantoum in a sentence
The pantoum is of Eastern origin, but it came into English through the French.
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British Dictionary definitions for pantoum
pantoum
/ (pænˈtuːm) /
noun
prosody a verse form consisting of a series of quatrains in which the second and fourth lines of each verse are repeated as the first and third lines of the next
Origin of pantoum
1C19: via French from Malay pantun
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