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rondelet

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

noun

  1. 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.


rondelet

/ ˈrɒndəˌlɛt /

noun

  1. a brief rondeau, having five or seven lines and a refrain taken from the first line
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rondelet1

1565–75; < Middle French, diminutive of rondel rondel; -et
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rondelet1

C16: from Old French: a little rondel
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Example Sentences

Rondelet was in the middle of this crisis a man of transition, while he was one of progress.

Dysentery was epidemic at Toulouse then, and Rondelet took it.

Rondelet would have no tidings of his illness sent to Montpellier.

He had a villa outside the city, whose tower, near the modern railway station, still bears the name of the “Mas de Rondelet.”

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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