sonnet
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Definition of sonnet
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.
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noun
- A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.
verb
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(intransitive)To compose sonnets.
“strains that come almost to sonneting”
- (transitive)To celebrate in sonnets; to write a sonnet about.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).
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