Canzonet
/kanzə(ʊ)ˈnɛt/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A short song, now especially one which is light and breezy.
"Besides what I have said of one of their warlike songs, I have another amorous canzonet, which beginneth in this sence […]."
Example
More examples"Besides what I have said of one of their warlike songs, I have another amorous canzonet, which beginneth in this sence […]."
Etymology
From Italian canzonetta, from canzone (“song”) + -etta (“-ette: forming diminutives”), from Latin cantiō. Doublet of canzonetta. Cf. canzone.