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paradelle

paradelle noun: a ridiculously restrictive poetic form consisting of four sestets that must repeat lines and reuse all previous words according to a fixed pattern.

Noun

paradelle (plural paradelles)

  1. A ridiculously restrictive poetic form consisting of four sestets that must repeat lines and reuse all previous words according to a fixed pattern.

Forms of paradelle

pluralparadelles

Origin of paradelle

Coined by Billy Collins circa 1997; believed to be from a blend of parody + villanelle.

Questions about paradelle

What does paradelle mean?
Paradelle means a ridiculously restrictive poetic form consisting of four sestets that must repeat lines and reuse all previous words according to a fixed pattern.
What part of speech is paradelle?
Paradelle is a noun.
What is the plural of paradelle?
The plural of paradelle is paradelles.

Words near paradelle in the dictionary

  1. paradegoers
  2. Paradeisos of Pammenes
  3. Paradela
  4. paradeless
  5. paradelike
  6. paradelle
  7. paradelles
  8. paradenitis
  9. paradental
  10. paradentaries
  11. paradentary

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