[ə(ʊ)ˌtɑːvə ˈriːmə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a form of poetry consisting of stanzas of eight lines of ten or eleven syllables, rhyming abababcc
(e.g: I wrote the answer in ottava rima)


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Origin:
late 18th century: from Italian, literally ‘eighth rhyme’