sestet

(ses tet, sestet′)

noun

  1. Music sextet
    1. the final six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet
    2. a poem or stanza of six lines

Origin: It sestetto, dim. of sesto, sixth < L sextus, sixth < sex, six

See sestet in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A group of six lines of poetry, especially the last six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet.
  2. A poem or stanza containing six lines.

Origin:

Origin: Italian sestetto

Origin: , from sesto, sixth

Origin: , from Latin sextus; see s(w)eks in Indo-European roots

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