Rondelet

Origin

Middle French rondelet

Full definition of rondelet

Noun

1. A metric verse (form), modeled after the rondeau, in two rhymes over seven lines, the first (in four syllables) being repeated as third and refrain (final one), each other line having eight syllables

Related terms

• rondel, rondelle
• roundel
• roundelay

Anagrams

• redolent