HAIKAI


Meaning of HAIKAI in English

/huy"kuy/ , n. , pl. haikai for 2. Pros.

1. an informal type of linked verse originated by Basho, a 17th-century Japanese poet.

2. a poem of this type.

[ 1880-85; haikai ( no renga ) jesting (linked verse); earlier faikai páixié jest ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .