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/ˈvɪɹəleɪ/ · noun
(historical, poetry) A medieval poetic form consisting of two or more three line units in each stanza, with the rhyme scheme AABAAB..
Now making layes of loue and louers paine, / Bransles, Ballads, virelayes, and verses vaine [...].
Use virelai when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Virelai means (historical, poetry) A medieval poetic form consisting of two or more three line units in each stanza, with the rhyme scheme AABAAB..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Now making layes of loue and louers paine, / Bransles, Ballads, virelayes, and verses vaine [...].
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