TERCET


Meaning of TERCET in English

[ 'tə:sɪt ]

■ noun Prosody a set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together or connected by rhyme with an adjacent triplet.

Origin

C16: from Fr., from Ital. terzetto , dimin. of terzo 'third', from L. tertius .

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