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 Definitions of ottava rima  [ˈri mə]  

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Definition of 'ottava rima' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) ottava rima
an Italian stanza of eight lines, each of eleven syllables, the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet with a different rhyme.

Etymology:  (1810–20; < It: octave rhyme)

Definition of 'ottava rima' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) ottava rima
a stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababcc

'ottava rima' - Nearby Entries  

otoscope  ototoxic  ottar  ottava rima  ottawa  otter hound  otterhound  



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