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tercet|ˈtɜːsɪt|
Forms: 6–7 terset, 7 tercett, (terzetta), 7–9 terzet, 8 -ett, (9 terzette), 7–9 tiercet, 9 tercet.
[ad. It. terzetto, dim. f. terzo (:—L. tertius) third + -etto, -et1. Thence also obs. F. tiercet (c 1500 in Jean Le Maire) and mod.F. tercet (17th c. in Boileau), whence the later Eng. forms.]
1. Pros. A set or group of three lines riming together, or bound by double or triple rime with the adjacent triplet or triplets; spec.
a. each of the triplets of the Italian terza rima;
b. each of the two triplets usually forming the last six lines of a sonnet.
1598Florio, Terzetto, a terset of rymes, rymes that ryme three and three. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. lxxvi. (1674) 93 The..Princes..were proof against every pungent Terzetta. Ibid. ii. xiv. 154 The pleasant Tersets. 1755Johnson, Tiercet..a triplet; three lines. 1838–9Hallam Hist. Lit. II. ii. v. §44. 208 The first lines or quartets of the sonnet excite a soft expectation, which is harmoniously fulfilled by the tercets or last six lines. 1885A. J. Butler Dante, Paradise xix. 257 note, Observe the structure of this and the following tercets.
2. Mus.
a. A third. (? An error.)
b. A triplet (Cent. Dict. 1891).
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Tercet, a Third in Musick. [So1721Bailey, 1775 Ash, and many 19th c. Dicts.] |