rondelet

[ ron-dl-et, ron-dl-et ]

/ ˈrɒn dlˌɛt, ˌrɒn dlˈɛt /

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noun

a short poem of fixed form, consisting of five lines on two rhymes, and having the opening words or word used after the second and fifth lines as an unrhymed refrain.

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Origin of rondelet

1565–75; <Middle French, diminutive of rondelrondel; see -et

Words nearby rondelet

rondavel, rond de jambe, ronde, rondeau, rondel, rondelet, rondelle, rondo, Rondônia, rondure, rone

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How to use rondelet in a sentence

Rondelet was in the middle of this crisis a man of transition, while he was one of progress.
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Dysentery was epidemic at Toulouse then, and Rondelet took it.
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Rondelet would have no tidings of his illness sent to Montpellier.
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He had a villa outside the city, whose tower, near the modern railway station, still bears the name of the “Mas de Rondelet.”
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After his release he gave himself up to science, with Rondelet, and the school of disciples who were growing up around him.
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British Dictionary definitions for rondelet

rondelet

/ (ˈrɒndəˌlɛt) /

noun

a brief rondeau, having five or seven lines and a refrain taken from the first line

Word Origin for rondelet

C16: from Old French: a little rondel

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