pantoum

[ pan-toom ]
/ pænˈtum /

noun

a Malay verse form consisting of an indefinite number of quatrains with the second and fourth lines of each quatrain repeated as the first and third lines of the following one.
Also pantun.

Origin of pantoum

1880–85; < French, erroneous spelling for pantoun < Malay pantun

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British Dictionary definitions for pantoum

pantoum
/ (pænˈtuːm) /

noun

prosody a verse form consisting of a series of quatrains in which the second and fourth lines of each verse are repeated as the first and third lines of the next

Word Origin for pantoum

C19: via French from Malay pantun