sonnet

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈsɒnɪt/
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/ˈsɒnɪt/ · /ˈsʌnɪt/

Definition of sonnet

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. (intransitive)To compose sonnets.
    “strains that come almost to sonneting”
  2. (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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