sextain

[sek-steyn]

sex·tain

[sek-steyn]
noun Prosody.
1.
a stanza of six lines.

Origin:
1630–40; blend of two obsolete French words: sixain six-line stanza and sestine sestina
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Sextain is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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sextain (ˈsɛksteɪn)
 
n
another word for sestina
 
[C17: from obsolete French sestinesestina, but also influenced by obsolete sixain stanza of six lines]

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