sextain

[ sek-steyn ]

noun

, Prosody.

1. a stanza of six lines.
2. sestina.

sextain

/ ˈsɛksteɪn /

noun

1. another word for sestina

Word History and Origins

Origin of sextain¹

1630–40; blend of two obsolete French words: sixain six-line stanza and sestine sestina

Word History and Origins

Origin of sextain¹

C17: from obsolete French sestine sestina , but also influenced by obsolete sixain stanza of six lines

Example Sentences

Sextain, seks′tān, n. a stanza of six lines.

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