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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--rondeau This week's theme: words related to the number 13 to mark the thirteenth anniversary of Wordsmith.org. rondeau (RON-do) noun A poem of 13 lines with two rhymes and the opening words used as a refrain in two places. [From Old French rondeau (little circle), from rondel, diminutive of rond (round). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ret- (to run or to roll) that is also the source of rodeo, rotunda, rotate, and roulette.] Various forms of rondeaux may have 10 or 15 lines. Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "If you are new to French forms, you might want to compose a rondeau or two before attempting the redouble." Michael J Bugeja; The Fixed Is In; Writer's Digest (Cincinnati, Ohio); Mar 1998. X-Bonus Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right. -Carl Schurz, revolutionary, statesman and reformer (1829-1906)

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