dizain

American  

[dih-zayn, dee-zan] / dɪˈzeɪn, diˈzɛ̃ /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of dizain

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); see -an

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Example Sentences

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dizain

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

From Chivalry by James Branch Cabell

However, on April 15th, 1832, there appeared in the Revue des Deux Mondes a scathing, anonymous criticism of the first dizain of the "Contes Drolatiques."

From Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings by Mary F. (Mary Frances) Sandars

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