Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
sextain .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word sextains.
Examples
-
About 1607 William Drummond of Hawthornden penned a series of sixty-eight interspersed with songs, madrigals, and sextains, nearly all of which were translated or adapted from modern Italian sonnetteers.
A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892
-
An indefatigable rhymester, he had, during the whole of the journey, overwhelmed with quatrains, sextains, and madrigals, first the king, and then La Valliere.
Louise de la Valliere Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
-
An indefatigable rhymester, he had, during the whole of the journey, overwhelmed with quatrains, sextains, and madrigals, first the king, and then La Valliere.
The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.