Villanelle

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Villanelle \Vil`la*nelle"\, n. [F.]
     A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and
     third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third
     verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the
     close. --E. W. Gosse.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Villanella \Vil`la*nel"la\, n.; pl. {Villanelle}. [It., a pretty
     country girl.] (Mus.)
     An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing.
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