sestet

ses·tet  (s-stt)

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.

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[Italian sestetto, from sesto, sixth, from Latin sextus; see s(w)eks in Indo-European roots.]

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sestet

Noun

1. Prosody the last six lines of a sonnet

2. same as sextet (sense 1) [Italian sesto sixth]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sestet - the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one 6, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, hexad, sextuplet, sise, six, sixer, VI, sextet digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
	2.	sestet - six performers or singers who perform together sextette, sextet musical group, musical organisation, musical organization - an organization of musicians who perform together
	3.	sestet - a set of six similar things considered as a unit sextette, sextet set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
	4.	sestet - a musical composition written for six performers sextet, sextette musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
	5.	sestet - a rhythmic group of six lines of verse stanza - a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem