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paradelle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pa-radelle
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

paradelles (plural)

Questions

What does paradelle mean?
A ridiculously restrictive poetic form consisting of four sestets that must repeat lines and reuse all previous words according to a fixed pattern.
Where does paradelle come from?
Coined by Billy Collins circa 1997; believed to be from a blend of parody + villanelle.

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