seguidilla

noun

se·​gui·​di·​lla ˌse-gə-ˈdē-yə 

-ˈdēl-yə

1

a

: a Spanish dance with many regional variations

b

: the music for such a dance

2

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

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1763, in the meaning defined at sense 1a