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roundelays

roundelays is the plural of roundelay.

Meaning of roundelay

Noun

roundelay (plural roundelays)

  1. A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals.
    • It fell upon a holly eve,
      Hey ho, hollidaye!
      When holly fathers wont to shrieve,
      Now gynneth this roundelay.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC
  2. A dance in a circle.
  3. Anything having a round form; a roundel.

Questions about roundelays

What is roundelays the plural of?
Roundelays is the plural of roundelay.

Words near roundelays in the dictionary

  1. roundedly
  2. roundedness
  3. roundednesses
  4. roundel
  5. roundelay
  6. roundelays
  7. roundell
  8. roundells
  9. roundels
  10. rounden
  11. roundened

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