sɪt, tɜrˈsɛt
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| —n | |
| a group of three lines of verse that rhyme together or are connected by rhyme with adjacent groups of three lines | |
| [C16: from French, from Italian terzetto, diminutive of terzo third, from Latin tertius] | |
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Word Origin & History
tercet
"three successive lines rhyming together," 1598, from It. terzetto, dim. of terzo "third," from L. tertius (see third). Spelling influenced by Fr. tercet, from the It.
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tercet
a unit or group of three lines of verse, usually containing rhyme, as in William Shakespeare's "The Phoenix and the Turtle": Death is now the phoenix' nest; And the turtle's loyal breastTo eternity doth rest,
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