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单词 sextain
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sextain

[ sek-steyn ]
/ ˈsɛk steɪn /

noun Prosody.

a stanza of six lines.
sestina.

Origin of sextain

1630–40; blend of two obsolete French words: sixain six-line stanza and sestinesestina

Words nearby sextain

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Example sentences from the Web for sextain

  • Some other sub-varieties of the sextain have rhyming final words in each stanza.

    A History of English Versification|Jakob Schipper
  • Besides this original form of the sextain several other varieties are met with in English poetry.

    A History of English Versification|Jakob Schipper

British Dictionary definitions for sextain

sextain
/ (ˈsɛksteɪn) /

noun

another word for sestina

Word Origin for sextain

C17: from obsolete French sestine sestina, but also influenced by obsolete sixain stanza of six lines
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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