CURTAL SONNET

Meaning of CURTAL SONNET in English

a curtailed or contracted sonnet. It refers specifically to a sonnet of 11 lines rhyming abcabc dcbdc or abcabc dbcdc with the last line a tail, or half a line. The term was used by Gerard Manley Hopkins to describe the form that he used in such poems as Pied Beauty and Peace. Curtal is now an obsolete word meaning shortened.

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CURTAL SONNET — noun : a curtailed or contracted sonnet ; specifically : a sonnet of eleven lines rhyming abcabc dcbdc or abcabc …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SONNET — I. ˈsänə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Italian sonetto, from Old Provençal sonet little song, from son song, …
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SONNET — sonetto
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SONNET — (Noun) sonanoy
English-Visayan vocabulary
SONNET — noun Etymology: Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet little song, from son sound, song, from Latin sonus sound Date: 1557 …
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CURTAL — adjective Etymology: Middle French courtault, from court short, from Latin curtus Date: 1576 having a docked tail, brief , curtailed, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SONNET — Fixed verse form having 14 lines that are typically five-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme. The sonnet is …
Английский словарь Британика
CURTAL — I. ˈkərd. ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French courtault, courtaud, horse with its ears and mane cut …
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SONNET — (v. i.) To compose sonnets.
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SONNET — (n.) A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas, …
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SONNET — (n.) A short poem, -- usually amatory.
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CURTAL — (n.) A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short.
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CURTAL — (a.) Curt; brief; laconic.
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SONNET — ( v. i. ) To compose sonnets.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SONNET — ( n. ) A short poem, -- usually amatory.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SONNET — ( n. ) A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the octave, being of four verses each, and …
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CURTAL — ( n. ) A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short.
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CURTAL — ( a. ) Curt; brief; laconic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SONNET — — sonnetlike , adj. /son"it/ , n. 1. Pros. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or …
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CURTAL — /kerr"tl/ , adj. 1. Archaic. wearing a short frock: a curtal friar. 2. Obs. brief; curtailed. n. 3. a 16th-century …
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SONNET — n. 14-line poem that is written in four stanzas and often follows a particular rhyme scheme (especially iambic pentameter)
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SONNET — noun Etymology: Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet little song, from son sound, song, from Latin sonus sound Date: 1557 …
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CURTAL — adjective Etymology: Middle French courtault, from court short, from Latin curtus Date: 1576 1. obsolete : having a docked tail …
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SONNET — vi to compose sonnets. 2. sonnet ·noun a short poem, usually amatory. 3. sonnet ·noun a poem of fourteen …
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CURTAL — adj curt; brief; laconic. 2. curtal ·noun a horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short.
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CURTAL — [cur.tal] adj [MF courtault, fr. court short, fr. L curtus] (1576) 1 obs: having a docked tail 2. obs: brief, …
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SONNET — fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically five-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed …
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CURTAL — also spelled Curtall, French Courtaut, Italian Fagotto, German Dulzian, Renaissance-era musical instrument and predecessor of the bassoon, with a double-back …
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SONNET — sonnet BrE AmE ˈsɒn ɪt -ət AmE \ ˈsɑːn ət ▷ sonnet|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SONNET — son ‧ net /ˈsɒnət, ˈsɒnɪt $ ˈsɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Italian ; Origin: sonetto …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SONNET — n. & v. --n. a poem of 14 lines (usu. pentameters) using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SONNET — n. & v. n. a poem of 14 lines (usu. pentameters) using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SONNET — n. & v. --n. a poem of 14 lines (usu. pentameters) using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, …
Oxford English vocab
SONNET — ( sonnets) A sonnet is a poem that has 14 lines. Each line has 10 syllables, and the poem has …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SONNET — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB write ▪ A decade later, Gusmao will write a sonnet to his Mauser, a …
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SONNET — n. Fixed verse form having 14 lines that are typically five-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme. The sonnet …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SONNET — Synonyms and related words : English sonnet, Horatian ode, Italian sonnet, Petrarchan sonnet, Pindaric ode, Sapphic ode, Shakespearean sonnet, alba, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SONNET — сущ. сонет to compose, write a sonnet ≈ сочинять, писать сонет Italian, Petrarchan sonnet ≈ итальянский сонет, сонет Петрарки Shakespearian …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SONNET — sonnet.ogg ʹsɒnıt n сонет sonnet sequence - цикл или венок сонетов
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SONNET — n сонет sonnet sequence - цикл или венок сонетов
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SONNET — 1. сущ. сонет to compose, write a sonnet — сочинять, писать сонет Petrarchan sonnet — сонет Петрарки Shakespearian sonnet — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SONNET — 1. сущ. сонет to compose, write a sonnet — сочинять, писать сонет Petrarchan sonnet — сонет Петрарки Shakespearian sonnet — сонет Шекспира Spenserian sonnet — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SONNET — сущ. сонет to compose, write a sonnet ≈ сочинять, писать сонет Italian, Petrarchan sonnet ≈ итальянский сонет, сонет Петрарки Shakespearian …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CURTAL AX — or curtle ax noun Etymology: modification of Middle French coutelas Date: circa 1580 cutlass
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CURTAL AX — ˈkərd. ə lˌaks noun or cur·tle ax “ Etymology: by folk etymology from Middle French coutelas — more at cutlass …
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CURTAL FRIAR — () A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery.
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CURTAL AX — () Alt. of Curtelasse
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CURTAL FRIAR — A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CURTAL AX — Alt. of Curtelasse
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CURTLE AX — noun see: curtal ax
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CURTAIL — transitive verb see: curtal Date: 1580 to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BASSOON — Principal tenor and bass instrument of the orchestral woodwind family. Its mouthpiece has a double reed attached to a curved …
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CURTLE AX — noun see curtal ax
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CURTAIL — I. |kər|tāl, |kə̄|-, |kəi|-, _kə(r)ˈt-, esp before pause or consonant -āəl transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: by folk etymology …
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TAILED SONNET — noun : a sonnet augmented by additional lines that are arranged systematically and are often shorter than the basic line …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CUTLASS — (n.) A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax.
Английский словарь Webster
CUTLASS — ( n. ) A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CURTAIL — curtail 1 — curtailedly , adv. — curtailer , n. — curtailment , n. /keuhr tayl"/ , v.t. to cut …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CURTLE AX — see curtal ax
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CURTAIL — transitive verb Etymology: by folk etymology from earlier curtal to dock an animal's tail, from curtal, noun, animal with a …
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CURTAIL — [cur.tail] vt [by folk etymology fr. earlier curtal to dock an animal's tail, fr. curtal, n., animal with a docked …
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