tercet

[ tur-sit, tur-set ]

noun
  1. Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.

Origin of tercet

1
1590–1600; <French <Italian terzetto, diminutive of terzo third <Latin tertius.See -et

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How to use tercet in a sentence

  • The common form of the sestina has six stanzas of six lines each, with a tercet at the end.

    English Verse | Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.
  • When there are two verses the stanza is called a couplet; a three line stanza is called a tercet; a four line stanza, a quatrain.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 | Charles Herbert Sylvester

British Dictionary definitions for tercet

tercet

/ (ˈtɜːsɪt, tɜːˈsɛt) /


noun
  1. a group of three lines of verse that rhyme together or are connected by rhyme with adjacent groups of three lines

Origin of tercet

1
C16: from French, from Italian terzetto, diminutive of terzo third, from Latin tertius

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