Main Entry: son·net

Pronunciation: 'sä-n&t

Function: noun

Etimology: Italian sonetto, from Old Provençal sonet little song, from son sound, song, from Latin sonus sound

Date: 1557 : 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

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