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ses⋅tet

  [se-stet, ses-tet]
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–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

sex⋅tet

  [seks-tet]
–noun
1. any group or set of six.
2. 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')   
n.  

  1. A group of six lines of poetry, especially the last six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet.

  2. A poem or stanza containing six lines.


[Italian sestetto, from sesto, sixth, from Latin sextus; see s(w)eks in Indo-European roots.]
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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