Ron"do (?), n. [It. rond�x95;, fr. F. rondeau. See Rondeau.]
1. Mus.
A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
"The
Rondo-form was the earliest and most frequent definite mold for musical construction."
Grove.
2. Poetry
See Rondeau, 1.
© Webster 1913.