† roundon.²

Forms: 1600s–1700s round O, 1700s roundo.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rondeau n.

Etymology: Alteration of rondeau n. by association with round adj. In the form roundo, the ending -o is probably an attempt to represent the pronunciation of the ending of rondeau n. In the form round O apparently showing folk-etymological association with O n.¹ (compare round O n.¹).

Obsolete.

= rondeau n. Cf. rondo n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > lyric of fixed verse form > rondeau

rondela1393

roundela1393

rondeau1525

roundo1686

1686 R. Carr Delightful Compan. (ed. 2) sig. C A Round O.

1710 A. Pope Corr. 24 June (1956) I. 90 The vulgar Spelling & Pronouncing it Round O: is a manifest Corruption.

1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 55 On Roundos hereafter your fiddle-strings spend, Write verses in circles, they never shall end.

1765 T. Percy Reliques II. 11 The versification is of that species, which the French call Rondeau, very naturally englished by our honest countrymen Round O.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	roundo
释义	† roundon.² Forms: 1600s–1700s round O, 1700s roundo. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rondeau n. Etymology: Alteration of rondeau n. by association with round adj. In the form roundo, the ending -o is probably an attempt to represent the pronunciation of the ending of rondeau n. In the form round O apparently showing folk-etymological association with O n.¹ (compare round O n.¹). Obsolete. = rondeau n. Cf. rondo n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > lyric of fixed verse form > rondeau rondela1393 roundela1393 rondeau1525 roundo1686 1686 R. Carr Delightful Compan. (ed. 2) sig. C A Round O. 1710 A. Pope Corr. 24 June (1956) I. 90 The vulgar Spelling & Pronouncing it Round O: is a manifest Corruption. 1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 55 On Roundos hereafter your fiddle-strings spend, Write verses in circles, they never shall end. 1765 T. Percy Reliques II. 11 The versification is of that species, which the French call Rondeau, very naturally englished by our honest countrymen Round O. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.²1686
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