rondelet

[ron-dl-et, ron-dl-et]

ron·de·let

[ron-dl-et, ron-dl-et]
noun
a short poem of fixed form, consisting of five lines on two rhymes, and having the opening words or word used after the second and fifth lines as an unrhymed refrain.

Origin:
1565–75; < Middle French, diminutive of rondel rondel; see -et
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Rondelet is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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rondelet (ˈrɒndəˌlɛt)
 
n
a brief rondeau, having five or seven lines and a refrain taken from the first line
 
[C16: from Old French: a little rondel]

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