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sestet

Pronunciation: /sɛsˈtɛt/
Definition of sestet

noun

  • 1 Prosody the last six lines of a sonnet.
  • 2 Music, rare a sextet.

Origin:

early 19th century: from Italian sestetto, from sesto, from Latin sextus 'a sixth'

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