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Definition of 'sestet'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) sestet
a group or stanza of six lines, esp. the last six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet.

Etymology: (1795–1805; < It sestettosextet)

Definition of 'sestet'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

2. (noun) sextet, sextette, sestet
six performers or singers who perform together

3. (noun) sextet, sextette, sestet
a set of six similar things considered as a unit

4. (noun) sextet, sextette, sestet
a musical composition written for six performers

5. (noun) sestet
a rhythmic group of six lines of verse

Definition of 'sestet'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) sestet
a piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor

2. (noun) sestet
the last six lines of a sonnet

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