Definition of Rondelet

1. Noun. A shorter form of rondeau.

Generic synonyms: Rondeau, Rondel
Derivative terms: Rondeau

Definition of Rondelet

1. Noun. 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 ¹

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Definition of Rondelet

1. a rondeau of 5 or 7 lines [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rondelet

romsets
roncador
roncadors
ronchil
ronco
rondache
rondaches
rondavel
rondavels
ronde
rondeau
rondeaus
rondeaux
rondel
rondelay
rondelet (current term)
rondeletia
rondeletias
rondelets
rondelle
rondelles
rondels
rondes
rondino
rondinos
rondle
rondles
rondo
rondocubism
rondorfite

Literary usage of Rondelet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History by David M. Damkaer (2002)
"rondelet received his MD in. In, he was named Royal Professor in the Faculty of ... rondelet was able to visit the ocean coast to further his interest in ..."

2. Sonnets on the Sonnet: An Anthology (1898)
"A rondelet ON THE rondelet A rondelet Is just seven verses rhymed on two. A rondelet Is an old jewel quaintly set In poesy—a drop of dew Caught in a ..."

3. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy (1897)
"... rainbow of rapture, o'er-arching, divine; The God-given mandate that speaks from above,— No place for earth's idols, but hope thou, and love. rondelet. ..."

4. Miscellaneous Writings: 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy (1896)
"rondelet. " THE flowers of June The gates of memory unbar: The flowers of June Such old-time harmonies retune, I fain would keep the gates ajar, ..."

5. Belgium and Holland, Including the Grand-duchy of Luxembourg: Including the by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1897)
"Farther on in the ambulatory : to the left, Jan Er. Quellin, St. Simon Stock receiving the scapulary from the Virgin. rondelet, Archbishop of Palermo (1544) ..."

6. The Theory of Strains in Girders and Similar Structures with Observations on by Bindon Blood Stoney (1869)
"rondelet'g role for timber pillar*. — rondelet deduced the following rule from his experiments on the compression of oak and fir.* Taking as unity the force ..."

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