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RONDO
rondo, rondeau
(noun) a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rondo (countable and uncountable, plural rondos)
(music, countable) A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
(countable) A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.
(countable) A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.
(soccer) A game resembling keep-away, used to train soccer players: one group is tasked with completing a number of passes while the other group tries to take possession of the ball.
(obsolete, uncountable) A gambling game played with small balls on a table.
Anagrams
• Noord, donor
Source: Wiktionary
Ron"do, n. Etym: [It. rondò, fr. F. rondeau. See Rondeau.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains. "The Rondo-form was the earliest and most frequent definite mold for musical construction." Grove.
2. (Poetry)
Definition: See Rondeau, 1.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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