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tercet
[ tur-sit, tur-set ]
noun
- Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- Music. triplet ( def 5 ).
tercet
/ tɜːˈsɛt; ˈtɜːsɪt /
noun
- a group of three lines of verse that rhyme together or are connected by rhyme with adjacent groups of three lines
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Word History and Origins
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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.
From Project Gutenberg
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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