I. ˈsänə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: Italian sonetto, from Old Provençal sonet little song, from son song, sound (from Latin sonus sound) + -et — more at sound
1. : a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme ; also : a poem in this pattern or more or less conforming to it — compare curtal sonnet , english sonnet , petrarchan sonnet , spenserian sonnet , tailed sonnet
2. obsolete : a short usually amatory poem
II. verb
( sonneted or sonnetted ; sonneted or sonnetted ; sonneting or sonnetting ; sonnets )
: sonnetize