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triolet|ˈtraɪəlɪt, ˈtriː-|
[a. F. triolet (1538 in Godef., used in senses 1 and 3), dim. of trio; but see Hatz.-Darm for a different origin.]
1. Verse. A stanza of eight lines, constructed on two rimes, in which the first line is repeated as the fourth and seventh, and the second as the eighth.
1651P. Carey (title) Trivial Poems, and Triolets. Written in obedience to Mrs. Tomkin's commands. 1836F. Mahony Father Prout (1860) 208 To his fostering care the poetry of France is indebted for..the triolet. 1878Dowden Stud. Lit. 394 This writer excels in sonnets, and that in triolets. 1880F. Hueffer in Macm. Mag. Nov. 51 Such a poem as the following triolet, by Mr. Robert Bridges, is perfect of its kind. ‘When first we met we did not guess’ [etc.].
†2. Cards. Term for one-third of the stakes at the game of Beast. Obs.
1680Cotton Compl. Gamester xxiv. (ed. 2) 108 He that hath three of any sort, that is, three fours, three fives, three sixes, and so forth, takes up the Triolet.
‖3. Mus. = triplet 2 c. rare—0. (Properly Fr.)
1888in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. |