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Sonnet

//ˈsɒnɪt// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 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.
  2. 2
    a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To compose sonnets. intransitive

    "strains that come almost to sonneting"

  2. 2
    compose a sonnet wordnet
  3. 3
    To celebrate in sonnets; to write a sonnet about. transitive
  4. 4
    praise in a sonnet wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).

Etymology 2

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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