sonnet
noun
- form of poetry with fourteen lines and strict rhyming structure
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˈsɒnɪt/ / /ˈsʌnɪt/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).
- A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).
- To compose sonnets.
“strains that come almost to sonneting”
- To celebrate in sonnets; to write a sonnet about.