Definitions for seguidillas

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seguidillas se·gui·dil·la

Spelling: [sey-guh-deel-yuh, -dee-y Seguidillas is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 577 anagrams from letters in seguidillas (adegiillssu).

Definitions for seguidillas

noun

1. Prosody. a stanza of four to seven lines with a distinctive rhythmic pattern.
2. a Spanish dance in triple meter for two persons.
3. the music for this dance.

Origin of seguidillas

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

Examples for seguidillas

The seguidilla is hardly less ancient than the Fandango, which it resembles.

The Tigercat looked at his new ally with a stare of surprise, shrugged his shoulders, and whistled a Mexican seguidilla.

It is the seguidilla, with its gracious memories, which gives life to the Feria.

Sings of "an inn near the ramparts of Sevilla" where she will go to dance the seguidilla.

Many of them are but slight variations from the Fandango and seguidilla.

And for answer she softly sings to him that rapturous song of the seguidilla.