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sextain

American  
[sek-steyn] / ˈsɛk steɪn /

noun

Prosody.

  1. a stanza of six lines.

  2. sestina.

sextain British  
/ ˈsɛksteɪn /

noun

  1. 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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