n. 1. A Spanish stanza form of four or seven lines. 2. a. A lively Spanish dance in triple meter. b. The music for this dance. [Spanish, diminutive of seguida, sequence, from feminine past participle of seguir, to follow, from Vulgar Latin *sequere, from Latin sequī; see sekw-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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