n. & v.
--n. a poem of 14 lines (usu. pentameters) using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English usu. having ten syllables per line.
--v. (sonneted, sonneting)
1. intr. write sonnets.
2 tr. address sonnets to.
Etymology: F sonnet or It. sonetto dimin. of suono SOUND(1)