Villanel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Villanel is a noun meaning (obsolete) A ballad.
Meaning
(obsolete) A ballad.
Example Sentences
c. 1685-1686, Charles Cotton, the Essays of M. de Montaigne she may come into comparison with the greatest beauty of poetry perfected by art: as we see in our Gascon villanels and the songs that are brought us from nations that have no knowledge of any manner of science
Word Forms
- villanels
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vill, villan, villagery, villany, vailer, vilany.
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