cywydd

noun

cyw·​ydd

ˈkəˌwit͟h

plural cywyddau

kəˈwəˌt͟hī

1

: a Welsh verse form in couplets or occasionally triplets with rhyme and cynghanedd

especially : verse consisting of couplets of 7-syllable lines with varying cynghanedd and terminal rhyme that falls alternately on accented and on unaccented syllables

2

: a poem written in cywydd

found among his loose papers … the autograph of a Welsh poem, a cywydd by Hopkins himself

—W. H. Gardner

Word History

Etymology

Welsh

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