sextain

American

[sek-stayn] / ˈsɛk steɪn /

noun

Prosody.

a stanza of six lines.
sestina.

sextain British

/ ˈsɛksteɪn /

noun

another word for sestina

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Etymology

Origin of sextain

1630–40; blend of two obsolete French words: sixain six-line stanza and sestine sestina

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