sixainn.

Brit.

/ˈsɪkseɪn/,

/ˈsiːzã/, U.S.

/ˈsɪkˌseɪn/

Forms: Also 1500s syxaine, sixaine, sizeine.

Etymology: < French sixain (Old French sisain, sizain), < six six.

1. A stanza of six lines. (Cf. sextain n.)

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > sextet

sixain1575

hexastich1587

sexteta1850

1575 G. Gascoigne Certayne Notes Instr. in Posies sig. U.ij There are Dyzaynes, & Syxaines.., commonly vsed by the French.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. ii. 54 The first proportion..of a staffe is by quadrien or foure verses... The third by sizeine or sixe verses.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. x. 92 The Sixaine or staffe of sixe hath ten proportions.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sixain, a sixth, sixth part, the proportion of six; Hence a Poem or Stanza of six verses.

1841 G. Borrow Zincali iii. i. 6 Occasionally, sixains or stanzas of six lines, are to be found.

1881 Saintsbury in Academy 15 Jan. 40 The tendency of a sonnet to split into a huitain and a sixain.

†2. Military. (See quot.) Obsolete. rare.Merely copied from some French work, such as Furetière's Dict. Universel, and never actually used in English. Hence in later dictionaries, as Harris, James, etc.

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1702 Mil. Dict. (1708) Sixain, an ancient Order of Battle for six Batalions... Twelve Batalions will make two Sixains, eighteen will make three, and so on.

1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Sixain, (M[ilitary] T[erm]) an Order of Battel for Six Battalions.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sixain
释义	sixainn. Brit. /ˈsɪkseɪn/, /ˈsiːzã/, U.S. /ˈsɪkˌseɪn/ Forms: Also 1500s syxaine, sixaine, sizeine. Etymology: < French sixain (Old French sisain, sizain), < six six. 1. A stanza of six lines. (Cf. sextain n.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > sextet sixain1575 hexastich1587 sexteta1850 1575 G. Gascoigne Certayne Notes Instr. in Posies sig. U.ij There are Dyzaynes, & Syxaines.., commonly vsed by the French. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. ii. 54 The first proportion..of a staffe is by quadrien or foure verses... The third by sizeine or sixe verses. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. x. 92 The Sixaine or staffe of sixe hath ten proportions. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sixain, a sixth, sixth part, the proportion of six; Hence a Poem or Stanza of six verses. 1841 G. Borrow Zincali iii. i. 6 Occasionally, sixains or stanzas of six lines, are to be found. 1881 Saintsbury in Academy 15 Jan. 40 The tendency of a sonnet to split into a huitain and a sixain. †2. Military. (See quot.) Obsolete. rare.Merely copied from some French work, such as Furetière's Dict. Universel, and never actually used in English. Hence in later dictionaries, as Harris, James, etc. ΚΠ 1702 Mil. Dict. (1708) Sixain, an ancient Order of Battle for six Batalions... Twelve Batalions will make two Sixains, eighteen will make three, and so on. 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Sixain, (M[ilitary] T[erm]) an Order of Battel for Six Battalions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1575
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