rondelet
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- noun
- /ˈrɒndəˌleɪ/
- Literature
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rondelet
- But Mme Rondelet, who would never have guessed that fishes might someday be endangered, could never have known that she might be taking the first step toward saving fishes when she kept one of them in a jar.
Examples
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Aquariums have come a long way since the days of Madame Rondelet.
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For her part, Mme Rondelet might well deserve to be called the mother of modern fish keeping; as her story has come down to us, she managed to keep a fish alive in a glass of water for three years.
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Guillaume Rondelet might have had some idea that he was initiating a new science when he wrote his book on marine life.
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or maybe a quaint little French rondelet' we're cultured, tactful, discreet'
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Her husband, Guillaume Rondelet, a sixteenth-century French physician and the author of an early illustrated book on marine life, is regarded by many as the father of modern ichthyology.
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At the poetry workshop, the teacher asked us to write a rondelet to practice our rhyming skills.
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She won a contest for her beautifully crafted rondelet that captured the essence of spring.
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In his latest collection, the poet included a rondelet that featured a heartfelt refrain.
Synonyms
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A short poem with matching end sounds
An old short song or poem with a repeated part people sing together
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word rondelet comes from French and is the small form of the poem rondeau, with the root ronde meaning 'round' and the ending -let meaning 'little', like in booklet. So a rondelet is a 'little round' poem that circles back with a short repeated line and a fixed rhyme.