HAIKU

haiku

(noun) an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

haiku (plural haiku or haikus)

A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

Synonyms

• hokku

Anagrams

• Ukiah

Source: Wiktionary



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