Etymology

cynghanedd

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Today it means: The complex system of internal assonance, alliteration and rhyme in Welsh strict-meter poetry. Full definition →

Welsh cynghanedd
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  1. Welsh · borrowed fromcynghanedd
  2. Welsh · borrowed fromcynghanedd
  3. English todaycynghanedd

Borrowed from Welsh cynghanedd (“harmony”).

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