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sextain

Meaning of "sextain" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SEXTAIN

From obsolete French sestinesestina, but also influenced by obsolete sixain stanza of six lines.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SEXTAIN

ˈsɛksteɪn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEXTAIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sextain is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SEXTAIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sestina

A sestina is a fixed verse form consisting of six stanzas of six lines each, normally followed by a three-line envoi. The words that end each line of the first stanza are used as line endings in each of the following stanzas, rotated in a set pattern. The invention of the form is usually attributed to 12th-century troubadour Arnaut Daniel; after spreading to continental Europe, it first appeared in English in 1579, though sestinas were rarely written in Britain until the end of the 19th century. It remains a popular poetic form, and many continue to be written by contemporary poets.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEXTAIN

abstain · Aquitaine · bestain · bloodstain · contain · counterstain · destain · elastane · entertain · inkstain · maintain · obtain · overstain · pristane · retain · stain · stane · Steen · sustain · tearstain

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEXTAIN

sext · sextan · Sextans · sextant · sextantal · Sextantis · sextarius · sextet · sextett · sextette · sextile · sextillion · sextillionth · sexto · sextodecimo · sextolet · sexton · sextoness · sextonship · sextuor

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEXTAIN

ascertain · Britain · captain · certain · chieftain · curtain · detain · for certain · fountain · Great Britain · mountain · pertain · shower curtain · snow-on-the-mountain · tain · team captain · the Black Mountain · the curtain · the Mountain · uncertain

Synonyms and antonyms of sextain in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sextain» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEXTAIN

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The translations of sextain from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sextain» in English.
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sextain
1,325 millions of speakers
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sextain
570 millions of speakers
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sextain
510 millions of speakers
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sextain
380 millions of speakers
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sextain
280 millions of speakers
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sextain
278 millions of speakers
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sextain
270 millions of speakers
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sextain
260 millions of speakers
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sextain
220 millions of speakers
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Sextain
190 millions of speakers
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sextain
180 millions of speakers
ja

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sextain
130 millions of speakers
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육행
85 millions of speakers
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Sextain
85 millions of speakers
vi

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bài thơ sáu câu
80 millions of speakers
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sextain
75 millions of speakers
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Sextain
75 millions of speakers
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sekizlik
70 millions of speakers
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sestina
65 millions of speakers
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sextain
50 millions of speakers
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sextain
40 millions of speakers
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sextain
30 millions of speakers
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sextain
15 millions of speakers
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sextain
14 millions of speakers
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sextain
10 millions of speakers
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sextain
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sextain

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEXTAIN»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sextain

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEXTAIN»

Discover the use of sextain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sextain and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The feudal barons of Powys
Et sextain partem viginti gavelle terre libere de gavella y Sodys dc qua sexta parte predictus Gruffuth pater eorum et ipsi post eum solebant solvere per anni medietatem redditus inde per participationem et concordiam factitam inter Gruffuth ...
Morris Charles Jones, 1868
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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
Stephen Sellynge, ~ohn Harnhelle. ohn Proude, _'ohn Sextain. Edmund Horn, Stephen Sellynge. John Harnhelle, John Sextain. William Elys, John Proude. Robert Coupere, John Pyrye. William Elys, Thomas Ikham. William Elys, Thomas  ...
Edward Hasted, 1801
3
Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song: MPB, 1965-1985
A pattern of preterites organizesthe text as two series of four quatrains and a sextain comprisedof verses from eachof the four quatrains, with bothseries and the sextain followed by an isolated singleline refrain. The strophes of the two series ...
Charles A. Perrone, 2014
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...
(Sextain. ^aUatoss. BALADE SENT TO K. RICHARD. Sometime the world so stedfast was and stable, That mannes word was an obligatioun, And now it is so false and deceivable, That word and deed as in conclusioun Is nothing like, ...
British poets, 1822
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Is That a Word?: From AA to ZZZ, the Weird and Wonderful ...
... nasty: something nasty Seitans: plural of seitan: wheat gluten Sestina: a particular type of 39—line poem composed of six sex— tains (a six-line stanza) and one tercet (a three-line stanza) in which the last words of the first sextain are used in ...
David Bukszpan, 2012
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Dramatic Expression in Rameau's Tragédie en Musique: Between ...
In the first sextain he reviews the tragic events, arriving at a profound sense of horror and guilt. In the second sextain, more fully in the present, he resolves to end his life. The one structural articulation is a cadence on the dominant (m. 20).
Cynthia Verba, 2013
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The Intimate Life of an Ottoman Statesman, Melek Ahmed Pasha ...
He recited the verses with the utmost eloquence, pronouncing every consonant exactly and correctly. I congratulated him full- somely on his eloquence, and he said: "With the verses of your sextain you inquired in mystical and poetical fashion ...
Evliya Çelebi, Robert Dankoff, 1991
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North German Opera in the Age of Goethe
Here he sets Weisse's aabccb sextain in two complementary six-bar phrases: the first dramatizes the empty measure 9 (we expect another two bars here to complete an eight-bar phrase), and the second demands the two-bar cadence as a ...
Thomas Bauman, 1985
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Recovering the U. S Hispanic Literary Heritage Series: Life ...
Although it is true that in the corridos of the Mexican Revolution the quatrain is the stanza that predominates, the sextain does appear now and then. As an example, we can refer to the sextain of the Zapatista corrido, "El Coyote," by Lalo  ...
Ireneo Paz, 1999
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The Poems of William Drummond of Hawthornden
... hope, which me deceaues, And thousand webs doth warpe within my brest : ,' And thus in end vnto my selfe I weaue A fast-shut prison, no, but euen a graue. SEXTAIN. The Heauen doth not containe so many starres, So THE FIRST PART.
William Drummond, Lord Thomas Maitland Dundrennan, 1832

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEXTAIN»

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You Have To Do Disgusting Things If You Want To Be A Killer Poker …
Add “X” to SATINE and you get SEXTAIN. And so on. SATINE, SATIRE, RETINA are the three most popular stems. But you need to know the top 15 or so popular ... «Business Insider, Mar 13»
2
Another Rhyming Opinion from Justice Eakin
The case that inspired Eakin to craft an opinion, in sextains, concerns a defendant who, unhappy with his share of insurance money after a car wreck, forged a ... «Wall Street Journal, Dec 11»
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James Altucher: All I Ever Wanted Was Money
For instance, “X”: ANTISEX and SEXTAIN. Or “E”: ETESIAN. I memorized all the most frequent stems and the seven letter words you can form from them. image. «Business Insider, Jul 11»
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Resistance in Luci Tapahonso's "A Radiant Curve": The Application …
The sestina, also called the sextain, is a rigidly structured poetic form that consists of six six-line stanzas and concludes in a tercet to make up a total of thirty-nine ... «Student Pulse, Feb 11»
REFERENCE
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