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roundelay

noun
/ˈɹaʊndɪˌleɪ/UK/ˈɹaʊndəˌleɪ/US

Etymology

From Middle French rondelet, diminutive of Old French rondel (French: rondeau). Ending -lay either from lay (“ballad or sung poem”), or from virelay.

  1. derived from rondel
  2. derived from rondelet

Definitions

  1. A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals.

    • It fell upon a holly eve, Hey ho, hollidaye! When holly fathers wont to shrieve, Now gynneth this roundelay.

  2. A dance in a circle.

  3. Anything having a round form

    Anything having a round form; a roundel.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for roundelay. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA