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tercet

[ tur-sit, tur-set ]

noun

  1. Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.


tercet

/ tɜːˈsɛt; ˈtɜːsɪt /

noun

  1. a group of three lines of verse that rhyme together or are connected by rhyme with adjacent groups of three lines
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tercet1

1590–1600; < French < Italian terzetto, diminutive of terzo third < Latin tertius. See -et
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tercet1

C16: from French, from Italian terzetto, diminutive of terzo third, from Latin tertius
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Example Sentences

The common form of the sestina has six stanzas of six lines each, with a tercet at the end.

When there are two verses the stanza is called a couplet; a three line stanza is called a tercet; a four line stanza, a quatrain.

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