Definitions for rondel

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rondel ron·del

Spelling: [ron-dl, ron-del]

IPA: /ˈrɒn dl, rɒnˈdɛl/

Rondel is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in rondel (delnor).

Definitions for rondel

noun

1. Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
2. Theater. roundel (def 4).

Origin of rondel

1250-1300; Middle English Old French rondel, diminutive of rond round¹

Examples for rondel

She had saved the rondel, and it had been printed in the Monthly.

What shall I weave for thee—what shall I spin— rondel, or rondeau, or virelai?

Mr. rondel would as soon have thought of buying a book as of paying for a stall.

This he followed by English versions of the rondel, rondeau and villanelle.

rondel, however, had for some time kept his address a secret from Annette.

Now young rondel in this Precipice of his has done some splendid work.

rondel began to comprehend, but he was as yet too surprised to answer.

In that case, with my friend rondel to guide him, I believe Henderson could accomplish your errand.

But in the rondel he has put himself before all competitors by a happy 204 knack and a prevailing distinction of manner.

If Frdet was too long away from Court, a rondel went to upbraid him; and it was in a rondel that Frdet would excuse himself.