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Definition of tercet noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tercet

noun
 
/ˈtɜːsɪt/
 
/ˈtɜːrsɪt/
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  1. a group of three lines of poetry that rhyme with each other or with the three lines before or after it
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, from Italian terzetto, diminutive of terzo ‘third’, from Latin tertius.
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