REDONDILLA
\ɹɪdəndˈɪlə], \ɹɪdəndˈɪlə], \ɹ_ɪ_d_ə_n_d_ˈɪ_l_ə]\
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red-on-d[=e]'lya, n. an early form of versification in which the 1st and 4th and the 2d and 3d lines of the stanza generally rhymed: in later Spanish use, a term applied to verses of 6 and 8 syllables in general, whether making perfect rhymes or assonances only. [Sp.,--L. rotundus, round.]
By Thomas Davidson
