sextain
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sextain
(ˈsɛksteɪn)n
(Poetry) another word for sestina
[C17: from obsolete French sestine sestina, but also influenced by obsolete sixain stanza of six lines]
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sex•tain
(ˈsɛk steɪn)n.
1. a stanza of six lines.
2. sestina.
[1630–40;b. two obsolete French words: sixain six-line stanza and sestine sestina]
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