sestet

[ se-stet, ses-tet ]

/ sɛˈstɛt, ˈsɛs tɛt /

noun

Prosody. the last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit.Compare octave (def. 4a).

sextet (def. 2).

Origin of sestet

1795–1805; <Italian sestettosextet, equivalent to sest(o) (<Latin sextussixth) + -etto-et

Words nearby sestet

session musician, Sessions, sesterce, sestertium, sestertius, sestet, sestina, Sestos, Sesto San Giovanni, set, seta

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Example sentences from the Web for sestet

I confess, though, that I did not know that Petrarch had made so frequent use of the 2-rhyme sestet.
The Letters of Ambrose Bierce|Ambrose Bierce
One of these must be in the octave and the other in the sestet.
The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces|Joyce Kilmer
The moderated tone of the piece is of very good effect after the ponderous length of the sestet.
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Otto Jahn
Most critics prefer those forms of sestet which avoid a final riming couplet.
English Verse|Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.

The octet was finished and the first two lines of the sestet.
Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches|Maurice Baring

British Dictionary definitions for sestet

sestet

/ (sɛˈstɛt) /

noun

prosody the last six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet

prosody any six-line stanza

another word for sextet (def. 1)

Word Origin for sestet

C19: from Italian sestetto, from sesto sixth, from Latin sextus, from sex six

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单词	sestet
释义	sestet [ se-stet, ses-tet ] / sɛˈstɛt, ˈsɛs tɛt / noun Prosody. the last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit.Compare octave (def. 4a). sextet (def. 2). Origin of sestet 1795–1805; <Italian sestettosextet, equivalent to sest(o) (<Latin sextussixth) + -etto-et Words nearby sestet session musician, Sessions, sesterce, sestertium, sestertius, sestet, sestina, Sestos, Sesto San Giovanni, set, seta Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sestet I confess, though, that I did not know that Petrarch had made so frequent use of the 2-rhyme sestet. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce\|Ambrose Bierce One of these must be in the octave and the other in the sestet. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces\|Joyce Kilmer The moderated tone of the piece is of very good effect after the ponderous length of the sestet. Life Of Mozart, Vol. 3 (of 3)\|Otto Jahn Most critics prefer those forms of sestet which avoid a final riming couplet. English Verse\|Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D. The octet was finished and the first two lines of the sestet. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches\|Maurice Baring British Dictionary definitions for sestet sestet / (sɛˈstɛt) / noun prosody the last six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet prosody any six-line stanza another word for sextet (def. 1) Word Origin for sestet C19: from Italian sestetto, from sesto sixth, from Latin sextus, from sex six Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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