dizain

[ dih-zeyn; French dee-zan ]

noun

, Prosody.

1. a French poem or stanza of ten lines, employing eight or ten syllables to the line and having a specific rhyming pattern, as ababbccdcd.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dizain¹

First recorded in 1565–75; from French; Old French dezen, dizain “tenth, tenth part,” equivalent to dix “ten” (from Latin decem ) + -ain, probably from Latin adjective suffix (plural) -ānī, replacing Latin distributive suffix -ēnī (plural); -an

Example Sentences

So he made of it the thesis for a dizain of beautiful happenings that are almost flawless in their verbal beauty.

From Project Gutenberg

In this place we have to do with the opening tale of the Dizain of Queens.

From Project Gutenberg