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SESTET
sestet
(noun) a rhythmic group of six lines of verse
sextet, sextette, sestet
(noun) a musical composition written for six performers
sextet, sextette, sestet
(noun) a set of six similar things considered as a unit
sextet, sextette, sestet
(noun) six performers or singers who perform together
six, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sestet (plural sestets)
(music) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor.
(poetry) The last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas of three lines each.
Anagrams
• teests, testes, tsetse
Source: Wiktionary
Ses*tet", n. Etym: [It. sestetto, fr. sesto sixth, L. sextus, fr. sex six.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor. [Written also sestett, sestette.]
2. (Poet.)
Definition: The last six lines of a sonnet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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