sestet

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ses⋅tet

[se-stet, ses-tet]

–noun

1.	Prosody. the last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit. Compare octave (def. 4a).

2.	sextet (def. 2).

Origin:
1795–1805; < It sestetto sextet, equiv. to sest(o) (< L sextus sixth ) + -etto -et

[seks-tet]

–noun

1.	any group or set of six.

Also, sestet. Music.

a.	a company of six singers or players.

b.	a musical composition for six voices or instruments.

Also, sex⋅tette.

Origin:
1835–45; half-Latinized var. of sestet; see sex-

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ses·tet (sě-stět')

A group of six lines of poetry, especially the last six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet.
A poem or stanza containing six lines.

[Italian sestetto, from sesto, sixth, from Latin sextus; see s(w)eks in Indo-European roots.]

Word Origin & History

sextet

1841, altered (by influence of Ger. Sextett) from sestet (1801), from It. sestetto, dim. of sesto "sixth," from L. sextus (see Sextus).

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