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[hahy-koo] 
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–noun, plural -ku for 2.
| 1. | a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons. |
| 2. | a poem written in this form. |
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| hai·ku (hī'kōō) n. pl. haiku also hai·kus
[Japanese : hai, amusement (from Middle Chinese bəij, pha·j) + ku, sentence (from Middle Chinese kuəh).] |
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haiku [(heye-kooh)]
A form of Japanese poetry. A haiku expresses a single feeling or impression and contains three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, respectively.
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haiku
1899, from Japanese, where it is singular of haikai, in haikai no renga "jesting linked-verse;" originally a succession of haiku linked together into one poem. The form developed mid-16c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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