RONDEAU
\ɹˈɒndə͡ʊ], \ɹˈɒndəʊ], \ɹ_ˈɒ_n_d_əʊ]\
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A little poem in three parts, of which the first two or three words are repeated at the end of the second and third part, and which thus ends as it began.
By Daniel Lyons
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n. [French] A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition, which occurs according to a fixed law;— a musical composition, vocal or instrumental, usually in three parts, in which the first strain is repeated at the end of each of the other stains;-also a king of jig;- written also rondo.
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