† ˈroundo Obs.
Also 8 Round O.
[Anglicized form of F. rondeau.]
= rondeau.
| 1710 Pope Lett. (1735) I. 94 The vulgar spelling and 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 Percy Reliq. II. 11 The versification is of that species, which the French call Rondeau, very naturally englished by our honest countrymen Round O. |