Meanings
nounparadelle (plural paradelles)
plural paradelles
- communicationsA ridiculously restrictive poetic form consisting of four sestets that must repeat lines and reuse all previous words according to a fixed pattern.
Origin
Coined by Billy Collins circa 1997; believed to be from a blend of parody + villanelle.
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APA
paradelle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paradelle
MLA
“paradelle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paradelle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paradelle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paradelle.
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