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kyrielles

kyrielles is the plural of kyrielle.

Meaning of kyrielle

Noun

kyrielle (plural kyrielles)

  1. (archaic) A long rigmarole.
  2. A form of French verse written in rhyming couplets or quatrains, sometimes with a religious theme.
    • "I said 'pantoum,' sir—besides which, gentlemen, we have the triolet, the kyrielle, the virelai, the vilanelle——"1918, Jeffery Farnol, Our Admirable Betty

Questions about kyrielles

What is kyrielles the plural of?
Kyrielles is the plural of kyrielle.

Words near kyrielles in the dictionary

  1. kyriarchically
  2. kyriarchies
  3. kyriarchy
  4. kyrie
  5. kyrielle
  6. kyrielles
  7. kyries
  8. kyriocentric
  9. kyriocentrically
  10. kyrioi
  11. kyriolexy

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