kyrielle /kɪɹiˈɛl/ noun2 •A form of French verse written in rhyming couplets or quatrains, sometimes with a religious theme."I said 'pantoum,' sir—besides which, gentlemen, we have the triolet, the kyrielle, the virelai, the vilanelle——" — 1918 •(no longer used) A long rigmarole. formskyrielles