cywydd
noun
cyw·ydd
ˈkəˌwit͟h
plural cywyddau
kəˈwəˌt͟hī
1
: a Welsh verse form in couplets or occasionally triplets with rhyme and cynghanedd
especially : verse consisting of couplets of 7-syllable lines with varying cynghanedd and terminal rhyme that falls alternately on accented and on unaccented syllables
2
: a poem written in cywydd
found among his loose papers … the autograph of a Welsh poem, a cywydd by Hopkins himself
W. H. Gardner
W. H. Gardner
Word History
Etymology
Welsh
- entelechial
- entelechies
- entelechy
- entellus
- entelluses
- Entelodon
- entelodont
- entemple
- entender
- entente
- entente cordiale
- entente cordiales
- ententes
- enter
- enter (into or upon)
- enter (into) the equation
- enter common usage
- enter into
- enter into or upon
- enter into the equation
- enter office
- enter one's head
- enter politics
- enter someone's head
- enter someone's mind