seguidilla

[ sey-guh-deel-yuh, -dee-yuh, seg-uh-; Spanish se-gee-thee-lyah ]

/ ˌseɪ gəˈdil yə, -ˈdi yə, ˌsɛg ə-; Spanish ˌsɛ giˈði lyɑ /

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noun, plural se·gui·dil·las

[sey-guh-deel-yuhz, -dee-yuhz; Spanish se-gee-thee-lyahs]. /ˌseɪ gəˈdil yəz, -ˈdi yəz; Spanish ˌsɛ giˈði lyɑs/.

Prosody. a stanza of four to seven lines with a distinctive rhythmic pattern.

a Spanish dance in triple meter for two persons.

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

Words nearby seguidilla

segregated, segregation, segregationist, segregator, segue, seguidilla, Seguin, Segura, segway, Sehna knot, seicento

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How to use seguidilla in a sentence

The Tigercat looked at his new ally with a stare of surprise, shrugged his shoulders, and whistled a Mexican seguidilla.
Stoneheart|Gustave Aimard
Whether the little seguidilla meant any thing in the lips of the songstress, I do not presume to say.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843|Various
It is the seguidilla, with its gracious memories, which gives life to the Feria.
Things seen in Spain|C. Gasquoine Hartley
The minuet and the waltz were both in some degree derived from it, and it had much in common with the famous Seguidilla of Spain.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9|Various

In the distance there was the sound of united frivolities, a band of twenty guitars thrumming a wilful seguidilla.
The Prophet of Berkeley Square|Robert Hichens

British Dictionary definitions for seguidilla

seguidilla

/ (ˌsɛɡɪˈdiːljə) /

noun

a Spanish dance in a fast triple rhythm

a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance

prosody a stanzaic form consisting of four to seven lines and marked by a characteristic rhythm

Word Origin for seguidilla

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

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