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sestet definition

ses·tet (ses tet′, ses′tet′)

noun

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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