seguidilla

noun se·gui·di·lla \ˌse-gə-ˈdē-yə, -ˈdēl-yə\

Definition of SEGUIDILLA

a : a Spanish dance with many regional variations

b : the music for such a dance

: a Spanish stanza of four or seven short partly assonant verses

Spanish, diminutive of seguida, a dance, literally, sequence, from seguido, past participle of seguir to follow, from Latin sequi

First Known Use: 1763

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