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seguidilla

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se·gui·dil·la  (sg-dy, -dly, sg-, sg-lyä)
n.
1. A Spanish stanza form of four to seven lines.
2.
a. A lively Spanish dance.
b. The music for this dance, in triple meter.

[Spanish, diminutive of seguida, sequence, from feminine past participle of seguir, to follow, from Vulgar Latin *sequere, from Latin sequ; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots.]

seguidilla [ˌsɛgɪˈdiːljə]
n
1. (Performing Arts / Dancing) a Spanish dance in a fast triple rhythm
2. (Music, other) a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
3. (Literature / Poetry) Prosody a stanzaic form consisting of four to seven lines and marked by a characteristic rhythm
[Spanish: a little dance, from seguida a dance, from seguir to follow, from Latin sequī]


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His age might have been eighteen or nineteen; he was of a merry countenance, and to all appearance of an active habit, and he went along singing seguidillas to beguile the wearisomeness of the road.
 
 
 
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