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seguidilla

[sey-guh-deel-yuh, -dee-yuh, seg-uh-; Spanish se-gee-th ee-lyah]
noun, plural se·gui·dil·las [sey-guh-deel-yuh z, -dee-yuh z; Spanish se-gee-th ee-lyahs] /ˌseɪ gəˈdil yəz, -ˈdi yəz; Spanish ˌsɛ giˈði lyɑs/.
  1. Prosody. a stanza of four to seven lines with a distinctive rhythmic pattern.
  2. a Spanish dance in triple meter for two persons.
  3. the music for this dance.
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Origin of seguidilla

1755–65; < Spanish, equivalent to seguid(a) sequence (segui- (stem of seguir ≪ Latin sequī to follow) + -da < Latin -ta feminine past participle suffix) + -illa diminutive suffix
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Examples from the Web for seguidilla

Historical Examples

  • It is the seguidilla, with its gracious memories, which gives life to the Feria.

    Things seen in Spain

    C. Gasquoine Hartley

  • Many of them are but slight variations from the Fandango and Seguidilla.

  • Sings of "an inn near the ramparts of Sevilla" where she will go to dance the Seguidilla.

    Stars of the Opera

    Mabel Wagnalls

  • And for answer she softly sings to him that rapturous song of the Seguidilla.

    Stars of the Opera

    Mabel Wagnalls

  • The Tigercat looked at his new ally with a stare of surprise, shrugged his shoulders, and whistled a Mexican seguidilla.

    Stoneheart

    Gustave Aimard

British Dictionary definitions for seguidilla

seguidilla

noun
  1. a Spanish dance in a fast triple rhythm
  2. a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
  3. prosody a stanzaic form consisting of four to seven lines and marked by a characteristic rhythm
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Word Origin

Spanish: a little dance, from seguida a dance, from seguir to follow, from Latin sequī
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