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| ron·del [ rónd'l, ron dél ] (plural ron·dels) or ron·delle [ ron dél ] (plural ron·delles) |
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poem with 2 rhymes and refrain: a poem, similar to a rondeau, that has 13 or 14 lines in 3 stanzas, with 2 rhymes and with the opening 2 lines repeated as a refrain
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| [14th century. < Old French, "small round" (from the repetition of the opening two lines) < ro(u)nd- (see round1)] |
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